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Minority rights group releases charter of demands against forced conversio
Updated : 4 years 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 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 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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Lavanya case: BJP accuses DMK govt of working on 'anti-Hindu agenda', dema
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): Soon after the Madras High Court handed over the probe of the death of the 17-year-old girl from Tamil Nadu's Michaelpatti village to the CBI on Monday, the BJP demanded an anti-forced conversion law in the state and accused the MK Stalin government of wo
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Madurai bench of Madras HC orders person who shot video of 17-yr-old girl
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 24 (ANI): The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court ordered the person who shot a video of 17-year-old girl alleging forced conversion to appear for enquiry and submit the mobile phone on Tuesday.
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Pak minorities at risk due to forced conversions, marriages
Updated : 4 years, 2 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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Over 70 pc minors among victims of forced conversion in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 10 (ANI): Pakistan's minority councillors have voiced their concerns over the lack of protection to religious minorities as the country is witnessing a steep increase in incidents of forced conversion, with cases rising from 15 in 2020 to over 60 in 2021, accord
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Members of civil society, minority groups in Pakistan's Sindh province hol
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], December 11 (ANI): Civil Society organisations and members of minority communities in Pakistan's Sindh province held rallies against 'forced conversion' to mark the occasion of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Day and demanded that the government to enact and eff
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Sindhis in Pakistan hold rallies against `forced' conversions on Human Rig
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad [Pakistan], December 11 (ANI): Human rights activists and members of the minority communities organised protest rallies in different cities in Pakistan's Sindh province to mark International Human Rights Day on Friday.
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Human Rights Day: Activists hold protests demanding Pakistan protect its m
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Vienna/ Hague [Austria/Netherlands], December 11 (ANI): Political activists held protests on the occasion of International Human Rights Day in different parts of the world demanding that Pakistan should protect its minorities.
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A thousand minority girls, women abducted, converted to Islam, married off
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 8 (ANI): Over a thousand minor girls and women from Pakistan's religious minorities including Hindus and Christians are abducted, forcefully converted to Islam and are married off every year, revealed a new report.
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Pakistan: After bill against forced conversion rejected, 38 cases so far r
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], November 22 (ANI): After Pakistan turned down the bill on forced conversion, 38 cases of forced conversion have been reported across the country.
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