Jailed Over Facebook Like

Pakistani police say they have arrested a 16-year-old Christian boy on blasphemy charges after he "liked" an "inappropriate" photograph on Facebook of the Kaaba in Mecca, one of the holiest sites in Islam.

"I love you to bits, dad. You are and will always be my hero" - Saket Gokhale wrote in a poignant Facebook status message on Father's Day last Sunday. It has got over 8,000 shares and nearly 10,000 likes, but the one person it was meant for couldn't read it for days. Saket's father, who had been in jail for nearly a month, was granted bail three d...

At Kozhikode Mental Health Centre in Kerala, patients are locked up for days in cellular rooms like jails where even sunlight can't enter. The air is thick with a foul stench, and the rooms are dark and oppressively humid, as if time stopped a century ago. For over 600 people, this is home.

Pakistani police say they have arrested a 16-year-old Christian boy on blasphemy charges after he "liked" an "inappropriate" photograph on Facebook of the Kaaba in Mecca, one of the holiest sites in Islam.

"I love you to bits, dad. You are and will always be my hero" - Saket Gokhale wrote in a poignant Facebook status message on Father's Day last Sunday. It has got over 8,000 shares and nearly 10,000 likes, but the one person it was meant for couldn't read it for days. Saket's father, who had been in jail for nearly a month, was granted bail three d...

At Kozhikode Mental Health Centre in Kerala, patients are locked up for days in cellular rooms like jails where even sunlight can't enter. The air is thick with a foul stench, and the rooms are dark and oppressively humid, as if time stopped a century ago. For over 600 people, this is home.