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"Organised persecution of Hindus": Hindu Raksha Parishad's Yamuna Pathak o
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
National Mahila President of the Vishwa Hindu Raksha Parishad, Yamuna Pathak, alleged that recent incidents of violence against Hindus in Bangladesh reflect "systematic and organised persecution", claiming they are not isolated events but part of a larger pattern.
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Pakistan: HRFP Observes International Human Rights Day 2025 with Theme "Ou
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The program aimed to reinforce core human rights principles and reconnect people to the understanding that human rights shape daily life often in ways that go unnoticed.
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Pakistan: Viral video leads to blasphemy charges against school owner, mai
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
In Pakistan, a school owner and her maid in Punjab face blasphemy charges after a viral video allegedly showed them desecrating Quran pages, sparking protests and a police response. False blasphemy accusations have previously led to violence, with Pakistan's blasphemy laws often criticize
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Pakistan: Rights group condemns false blasphemy accusation on two Christia
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
HRFP President Naveed Walter expressed his deep concerns over the false accusation of Sonia Masih and Saima Masih and arrests with blasphemy allegations against all other Christians.
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Pakistan: Report highlights alarming trends of religious persecution again
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The incident showed a troubling pattern in Pakistan where blasphemy accusations lead to violence against Christian communities
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Pakistan: Rights body welcomes post-arrest bail of pastor facing blasphemy
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The post-arrest bail of Pastor Eliezer aka Vicky with Johnson Masih and Gulfam Masih is welcomed by Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP).
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PoK: Protests surges in Gilgit Baltistan as Shia preacher faces false blas
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
In the illegally occupied territory of Gilgit Baltistan, widespread injustice plagues the Shia community.
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Situation 'under control' in Mardan after man lynched over blasphemy, clai
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A day after a man was lynched over blasphemy accusations at a rally of Imran Khan's political outfit Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the Pakistan police officials claimed that the situation in the city was "under control" and that the authorities had begun to investigate the matter, reported
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Chinese workers unsafe in Pakistan amid blasphemy accusations
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
An unnamed Chinese national, working on the Dasu Hydropower Project in the north was on April 17 taken into protective custody and flown out to safer Abbottabad after Pakistani workers on the project accused him of blasphemy.
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US Senator calls for release of Hindu teacher jailed in Pakistan's Sindh o
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 12 (ANI): US Senator Marco Antonio Rubio has called for the release of a Hindu teacher Notan Lal who was falsely accused of blasphemy and imprisoned for 25 years in Pakistan's Sindh province.
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Minorities in Pakistan fear mob lynching over blasphemy accusations
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 10 (ANI): Regular episodes of attacks on the minorities' properties and their religious places on fake or inadvertent blasphemy charges in Pakistan have been occurring on daily basis.
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Sialkot lynching: Killing over 'unsubstantiated blasphemy claims' not perm
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 11 (ANI): Muslim scholars in Pakistan speaking about the Sialkot lynching said the killing of any person over "unsubstantiated blasphemy accusations" is not permissible.
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