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Pakistan's blasphemy victim Shagufta Kiran's case raised at UN in Geneva
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
During the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Jubilee Campaign representative Hulda Fahmi, during an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Torture, highlighted the case of Shagufta Kiran, a Christian woman imprisoned in Pakistan over blasphemy allega
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Pak: Christian leaders stage sit-in in Jaranwala, demand justice for 2023
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A group of twelve Christian leaders continued their sit-in for a second consecutive day on Sunday in Christian Colony, Jaranwala, protesting the government's alleged failure to deliver justice to the victims of the riots that occurred on August 16, 2023, which were instigated by blasphemy al
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Blasphemy allegations in Pakistan 'conspiracy' to grab land from, says ri
Updated : 11 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Pakistan's blasphemy laws are being used to facilitate land grabs, blackmail, and forced evictions, particularly targeting religious minorities, according to a report released by Human Rights Watch on June 8.
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Pakistan: Human Rights Commission urges action against extremists targetin
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Azaz Syed is facing threats and a targeted online harassment campaign following his critical comments on blasphemy allegations and the rise of extremism in Pakistan.
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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: Police station attacked amid blasphemy allegations
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
In Okara district of Punjab province, Pakistan, 18 people were arrested and 134 others were booked for their roles in assaulting a police station after an alleged blasphemy incident in Behlolpur village, Dawn reported.
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Christian youth sentenced to death in Pakistan amid blasphemy allegations
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has issued a death sentence to a Christian youth, accusing him of sharing a social media post that allegedly sparked riots in Jaranwala in August last year.
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Pakistan: Mob lynches tourist, burns him alive in Swat over blasphemy alle
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The victim, a tourist from Sialkot, was burned alive by an enraged crowd on Thursday as per a purported video of the incident that has been circulated on social media.
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Pakistan: Rights Group condemns blasphemy allegations, mob attack on Chris
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The incident began when Nazir Masih and Sultan Masih were accused of desecrating pages of the Quran and discarding them in front of their factory.
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Pakistan: Multiple churches vandalised in Faisalabad over blasphemy allega
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Speaking to Dawn, Imran Bhatti, the pastor of the Jaranwala tehsil said that the Salvation Army Church, United Presbyterian Church, Allied Foundation Church and Shehroonwala Church located in Isa Nagri region were ransacked.
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Church attacked in Pakistan's Faisalabad over blasphemy allegations
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
In yet another attack on religious minorities in Pakistan, a church has been vandalised and set ablaze in Faisalabad district, according to Lahore-based Bishop Azad Marshall.
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'Shameful': Former Pak President Zardari takes note of blasphemy charge ag
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Former Pakistan President and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday took notice of an incident at the Karachi airport where a female security officer belonging to a minority community was threatened by a man with a blasphemy charge, reported Pakistan's The Ne
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