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Human Rights Watch urges Pakistan to quash longstanding blasphemy case of
Updated : 2 weeks, 2 days ago IST
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Pakistani authorities to quash the decades-long blasphemy conviction of academic Junaid Hafeez, who has been held in prison for 13 years under the country's strict blasphemy laws, highlighting serious concerns about due process and human rights violati
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Blasphemy case against engineer Mirza highlights Pakistan's contentious la
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A Rawalpindi court has handed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) a seven-day physical remand of Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza Jehlami, a religious scholar, in connection with a sensitive blasphemy case.
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Activists demand independent commission to investigate blasphemy cases inv
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The report revealed that a religious extremist group is luring young Muslim boys and girls into sharing blasphemous content online as part of a premeditated scheme.
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Pakistan: Autopsy reveals torture marks on body of doctor arrested in blas
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The findings, following the exhumation of Kunbhar's body on October 16 under the supervision of a medical board, have sparked demands for a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death.
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Human Rights Focus Pakistan "highly concerned" over growing blasphemy case
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) has said that it is "highly concerned" over the rising number of cases of blasphemy and violence based on religion and beliefs.
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Pakistan: Report highlight loopholes in investigation in blasphemy case of
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The findings of the report highlight significant gaps in the legal processes, inadequate protection of the fundamental rights of the victim, and a lack of decisive action from the authorities against the culprits.
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Pakistan: Protesters clash with police while storming Supreme Court over b
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
According to the report by Dawn, police used batons and teargas to block protesters from reaching the Supreme Court premises
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Pakistan: People protest Christian man's death sentence in blasphemy case
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Scores of protesters, including women, assembled outside the Karachi Press Club to protest against what they perceived as the wrongful application of blasphemy laws.
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Rights Body in Pakistan rejects police narrative on Jaranwala blasphemy ca
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Naveed Walter, president of Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP), said that police have made fake reports on Jaranwala’s blasphemy incidents. “We reject both versions of police, first of foreign conspiracy just after the incident dated 16 August and now of honour crime to personal interests,”
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Pakistan: Criticism pours in after Christian couple arrested over alleged
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
People criticized the security agencies after they took a Christian couple in custody over an alleged blasphemy case that was registered against them for allegedly desecrating a copy of the Holy Quran in Lahore on Saturday.
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Pakistan: Christian couple arrested in Lahore on blasphemy charges
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A Christian couple in Lahore was taken into custody after a blasphemy case was registered against them for allegedly desecrating a copy of the Quran in the jurisdiction of North Cantonment Police Station on Saturday, Dawn newspaper reported.
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Pakistan: Supreme Court to take Jaranwala blasphemy case today
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The Jaranwala incident took place on August 16 where a crowd vandalised over 21 churches and set more than a hundred houses in Jaranwala on fire after clerics made announcements in the mosques inciting the mob to attack the Christian community under allegations of blasphemy.
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