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Pakistan: Mob attacks police station in Islamabad to lynch man detained on
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 18 (ANI): Amid international condemnation of Pakistan's draconian blasphemy laws, a mob of villagers attacked a police station in Islamabad in an attempt to lynch a person detained on blasphemy charges.
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US report says Pak's blasphemy laws, attacks on minorities hampering relig
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 13 (ANI): The 2020 report International Religious Freedom released by the United States on Wednesday (local time) has highlighted a downward spiral of religious expression in Pakistan, most notably in the form of blasphemy laws, punishment for which ranges up to the deat
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Imran Khan seeking to impose Pak's murderous blasphemous laws across world
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 2 (ANI): After succumbing to the demands of the proscribed radical Islamist group Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), which was banned by the government, Prime Minister Imran Khan appears to want to impose Islamic blasphemy laws across the world.
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EU expresses concern over rising blasphemy cases in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 30 (ANI): The European Union has raised concerns over Pakistan's harsh blasphemy laws as they are "often misused to silence opponents and their defenders and to discriminate against religious minorities" and pointed Ahmadi Muslims are probably the most at risk.
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Pakistan's obsession with blasphemy laws leads to extrajudicial killings,
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 24 (ANI): Blasphemy is a highly sensitive issue in deeply conservative Pakistan where mere allegations have led to extrajudicial killings and mob violence.
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US rights commission calls on Pakistan to repeal blasphemy laws
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], March 31 (ANI): USCIRF Commissioner Johnnie Moore has asked Pakistan to repeal its blasphemy laws following a local court's decision to order a police probe against the organisers of a march marking International Women's Day over allegations they committed blasphemy.
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Bilawal slams misuse of Pak blasphemy laws to target Aurat March organiser
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], March 18 (ANI): Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP) chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday called the misuse of blasphemy laws to target Aurat March organisers as 'regrettable'.
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USCIRF calls Pak to release Ramzan Bibi who is detained under blasphemy la
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 07 (ANI): United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Commissioner James W. Carr on Thursday announced his adoption of Ramzan Bibi, an Ahmadi woman detained in Pakistan under the controversial blasphemy law, through the Religious Prisoners of
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US expresses shock over killing of Tahir Naseem, urges Pak to immediately
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 31 (ANI): Expressing shock and outrage over the killing of an American citizen inside Pakistani courtroom, US on Thursday (local time) asked Pakistan to "immediately reform its often abused blasphemy laws and its court system, which allow such abuses to occur."<
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Pak authorities should urgently reform 'draconian' blasphemy laws: Europea
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], April 07 (ANI): Asserting that Pakistan's blasphemy laws lead to "grave miscarriages of justice", a European think tank asked Pakistani authorities to urgently reform the blasphemy laws by repealing the existent provisions and drafting new legislation.
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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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