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VHP leader accuses YSRC party government in Andhra of 'supporting' convers
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], March 24 (ANI): Vishwa Hindu Parishad general secretary Milind Parande has accused the YS Jagan Mohan Reddy government of supporting "religious conversions" in the state and said that the reservation benefits should be denied to people who change their re
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Violence against women in Pakistan worsened under Imran Khan's regime
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 18 (ANI): Violence against women in Pakistan continues unabashed, it has witnessed rising cases of harassment under the Imran Khan regime.
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Women's day: Pakistan rights group protests against forceful conversions o
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Paksitan], March 9 (ANI): Observing International Women's Day 2022 in collaboration with Global Human Rights Defense (GHRD), Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) on Tuesday raised concerns over the increasing incidents of forceful conversions of girls from religious minorities in Pa
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Minority rights group releases charter of demands against forced conversio
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], March 8 (ANI): A Christian rights organisation organized a press conference on the theme "Break the Bias and Forced Conversions in Pakistan" in connection with International Women's Day on Monday.
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Delhi Police files FIR after priest alleges assault by mob accusing him of
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 3 (ANI): Delhi Police on Thursday filed an FIR after a Christian pastor alleged he was assaulted by a mob in the national capital's Fatehpur Beri over suspicion that he was indulging in forced religious conversions.
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Pakistan: People protest against forced conversions of minor girls, demand
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Okara [Pakistan], February 26 (ANI): Protests erupted in Pakistan's Okara District in the Punjab province, demanding to stop forced conversions of minor girls and to pass the Anti-Forced Conversions Bill.
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Amit Shah prays that no religious conversion takes place under NDA-led gov
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], February 13 (ANI): After offering prayers at Valmiki temple in Amritsar, senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that he prays that no religious conversions happen in Punjab under the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)-led government.<
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Law should be made against wrongful religious conversions, says Arvind Kej
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Jalandhar (Punjab) [India], January 29 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that a law should be made against religious conversions but nobody should be wrongly harassed.
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Pak minorities at risk due to forced conversions, marriages
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 21 (ANI): Despite all calls to stop forced conversions and marriages from the international community and human rights organisations, Pakistan's government still demonstrates a marginal interest to advance the frameworks of religion, policy and dialogue to ensur
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Religious conversions happen when people get influenced, not by fear of sw
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], December 26 (ANI): Over the ongoing debate on the anti-conversion bills being introduced in states, senior Congress leader and former chief minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday said that if anyone is conver
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Rights over temples, religious conversion on agenda of VHP trustees meet
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) in its meeting of the board of trustees this week is likely to discuss the rights of Hindu societies over temples and religious conversions, said sources.
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FIR filed against children's home in Vadodara for religious conversions of
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], December 14 (ANI): An FIR was registered against the Children Home For Girls run by the Missionaries of Charity on Tuesday for allegedly carrying out forceful religious conversion of children studying there, but a nun there has denied the allegations.
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