Geneva, June 22 -- Human rights organisation Jubilee Campaign has urged countries to repeal laws that impose the death penalty for apostasy and blasphemy, warning that such legislation violates fundamental freedoms and international human rights standards.

Addressing the 62nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Hulda Fahmi, representing the Jubilee Campaign, highlighted the continued use of capital punishment in 11 countries, including Pakistan, for exercising freedom of conscience, religion, and belief.

Fahmi told the Council that Jubilee Campaign, along with more than 90 organisations and individuals, has been advocating for the abolition of the death penalty for apostasy and blasphemy.

She said that...