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Amnesty International condemns extrajudicial killings in Pakistan, urges r
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Amnesty International, an International human rights watchdog, has raised serious concerns about the ongoing extrajudicial killings of individuals accused of blasphemy in Pakistan, calling out the government for failing to protect basic human rights, including the right to life and freedom o
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Woman sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan amid ongoing human righ
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
A woman was sentenced to death in Quetta under Pakistan's Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act for posting blasphemous content. The case has drawn attention to the misuse of blasphemy laws and raised concerns about human rights violations in Pakistan.
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Pakistan: Over 100 held after multiple churches vandalised in Faisalabad
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Over 100 people have been arrested for their involvement in riots targeting Christians over alleged blasphemy in Pakistan's Faisalabad, Geo News reported on Wednesday citing the Punjab interim government’s spokesperson.
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Christian widow and Muslim gardener arrested for blasphemy in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years ago IST
On April 15, a 46-year-old Christian widow named Mussarat Bibi and a Muslim gardener named Muhammad Sarmad were assigned the task of cleaning the storeroom of a school, which was filled with paper and scrap items. They gathered the paper and other scraps in a corner of the school and burn
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Pak boy charged with blasphemy for calling god "cruel" on social media
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The danger of blasphemy laws in Pakistan is that blasphemy is not clearly defined, writes Marco Respinti for Bitter Winter. This latest case which last month is a clear example of this ambiguity.
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Film crew shoots movie inside gurudwara in Pakistan while wearing shoes, B
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 3 (ANI): A film crew entered the premises of Gurdwara Panja Sahib in Punjab province of Pakistan while wearing shoes and shot a movie without permission that has outraged the Sikh community in the country, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa claimed
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Protest erupts in Pakistan over alleged assault on Hindu woman
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 22 (ANI): Minorities in Pakistan protested against an alleged assault on a Hindu woman over a false accusation of theft, local media reported.
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Pakistan clerics, traders in anti-blasphemy protests
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], September 3 (ANI) Religious groups and traders in Pakistan jointly protested against the alleged blasphemy on Friday in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and announced that they won't allow lawyers to appear for the suspect in court.
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Pakistan: Ex-security personnel arrested over blasphemy in KP
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], September 2 (ANI): Amid rising cases of blasphemy in Pakistan, one security personnel was sent to judicial remand in Battagram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on the charges of making anti-Islamic remarks during an altercation with employees of the district poli
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Pakistan judge laments generals, politicians have misused Jinnah
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 26 (ANI): A judge of Pakistan's Supreme Court has lamented that generals and politicians have often misquoted and misused the country's founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah's declarations to emphasise equal rights for people of all faiths.
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Hindu man faces blasphemy charges in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad [Pakistan], August 22 (ANI): Over a personal clash with a local resident in Pakistan's Hyderabad, a man, belonging to minority Hindu community, was reportedly booked in a fake case of blasphemy on Sunday, several media reports said.
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Every second accused of blasphemy in Pakistan a Muslim, says report
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 8 (ANI): A report titled 'Human Rights Observer 2022' prepared by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has revealed that every second accused of blasphemy happened to be a Muslim.
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