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Minorities in Pak face persecution, discrimination: Activists
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 27 (ANI): Activists from the Christian minority in Pakistan say they are being persecuted, discriminated and forced to leave the country.
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Pakistani Christians demand equal rights, abolition of blasphemy laws
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 23 (ANI): Pakistani Christians living in Europe and the United Kingdom gathered in front of Palais Wilson, the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, and demanded justice and equal rights for the minorities in Pakistan.
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Short films, posters on persecution of Christians in Pak showcased in Gene
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Geneva, [Switzerland] Mar 14 (ANI): Short films depicting the persecution of the Christian minority in Pakistan was showcased during the 37th session of United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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Women activists highlight persecution of Christians in Pak at UN
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 13 (ANI): Christian women activists on Monday raised the issue of persecution of minority community by the hands of Islamic fundamentalists and the misuse of blasphemy law in Pakistan during the 37th session of human rights council session in Geneva.
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US asks Pak to abolish blasphemy laws
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], November 14 (ANI): The United States has asked Pakistan to abolish its blasphemy laws at the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) held in Geneva on Monday, Dawn reported.
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Pak PM Abbasi washes hands off deadly blasphemy law
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 21 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has washed his hands off the blasphemy law, saying it is on the parliament to change or amend it.
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'International community should take Pak to task over persecution of Chris
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 19 (ANI): Dr. Mario Silva, a former member of the Canadian Parliament and Executive Director of the International Forum for Rights and Security (IFFRAS), has appealed to the international community to intervene in the issue of the persecution of Christian mino
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Make blasphemy law tougher to check its misuse, says Islamabad HC
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Aug.12 (ANI): Parliament needs to make the existing Blasphemy Law tougher to prevent its misuse, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has said.
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Repeal blasphemy law to make Pak safe place for minority Christians, says
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Aug.7 (ANI): Christians, who form about 1.6 percent of Pakistan's population, live in constant fear of persecution from extremist Islamic groups in that country because of legal strictures such as the draconian "Blasphemy Law", a woman Member of the Europea
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EU slams Pakistan's poor rights record, stand on Kulbhushan Jadhav
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], June 15 (ANI): The European Parliament has criticised Pakistan's human rights record, and squarely reminded Islamabad that it has grossly erred in handing down capital punishment for those allegedly violating the nation's blasphemy law, in the excessive of milit
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Pak senators call for amending blasphemy law to prevent its misuse
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 18 (ANI): Senators in Pakistan have called for amending the country's blasphemy law to prevent its misuse and punish those who make blasphemy accusations against others.
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Pakistan Minister rules out change in blasphemy law
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 30 (ANI): Pakistan's Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, Sardar Mohammed Yousuf has rejected news reports of the government planning to change the existing blasphemy law.
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