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Pakistan: Human Rights Observer report highlights increase in content agai
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) on Thursday issued the "Human Rights Observer 2023", an annual fact sheet. The report covers five key issues impacting religious minorities including discrimination in the education system, the prevalence of forced faith conversions, abuse of blasphemy law
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Pakistan: Kidnappings, forced conversions of Christian, Hindu girls increa
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In the eyes of the civilized world, the crime has the sanction of the Mullahs and their followers and that is why there are no protests of civil society or reports of human rights organizations.
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UN: Pakistan Mission flooded with calls for protection of Christians
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Letters of protest by the organizations point to the systematic persecution of Christians, resulting in unjust punishments citing blasphemy, forced marriages of young Christian girls to older Muslim men, forced conversions in various parts of Pakistan and usurping of land and belongings of C
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Abduction, forced conversion of Hindu girls continues in Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
A resident of Malhi village of Sindh's Tharparkar district, Ishwar Bheel, said that his 20-year-old daughter Guddi Bheel was kidnapped by Sikhander Bajeer of Tando Adam Naukot of Mirpur-Khason on March 8 while returning from the hospital where she had gone to collect fever medicines for her
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Pakistan: Activists protest against kidnapping, forced conversions of mino
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Several activists during the event talked about atrocities on females and the apathy shown by the government authorities towards such incidents.
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"No religious minority can freely live or practice its religion in Pakista
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Using its right to reply, India's representative Seema Pujani slammed her Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar and said, "No religious minority can freely live or practice its religion in Pakistan today. The Ahmadiya community continues to be persecuted by the state for simply practisi
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Pak human rights group raises concern over continued marginalization of re
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In its report titled A Breach of Faith: Freedom of Religion or Belief in 2021-22, HRCP has observed with considerable alarm developments during 2021/22 that belie the state's commitment to freedom of religion or belief.
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Alarm raised over religious conversions of underage girls in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Noting Pakistan's previous attempts to pass legislation prohibiting forced conversions and protecting religious minorities, the UN experts deplored the lack of access to justice for victims and their families.
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India calls on Pakistan to protect minorities after killing of Hindu woman
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
India on Thursday called on Pakistan to protect its minorities after the killing of a Hindu woman Daya Bheel in Sindh province.
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Women from minorities live in fear as forced conversion, marriages continu
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Recently, a minor Hindu girl, aged 13, was abducted from her home by a man named Arshad Ali from Karachi, Sindh.
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World Sindhi Congress thanks UK for sanctions on Pak cleric accused of for
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
World Sindhi Congress (WSC) thanked the government of UK for putting sanctions on Mian Mithu, who has been involved with the forced conversions of Sindhi Hindu girls in Sindh.
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SC seeks Centre's affidavit on plea to check 'forced religious conversion'
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday remarked that forced religious conversion is a "very serious issue" and may affect the "security of the country" along with the freedom of conscience of citizens as far as religion is concerned.
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