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Finland, EU condemn Pakistan for sentencing man to death on blasphemy char
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], January 17 (ANI): Finland has condemned Pakistan for sentencing to death a man on blasphemy charges.
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Pakistan incapable of reforming, stepping back from Islamist path, says ex
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 15 (ANI): The Sialkot incident, where the Islamist mob accused a Sri Lankan factory manager Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana of blasphemy and then burnt his dead body, shows that Pakistan is incapable of reforming and stepping back from the Islamist path it embarked
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Pak blasphemy laws embolden mobs to carry out vigilante justice: Journalis
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 9 (ANI): The brutal murder of a Sri Lankan national in Pakistan's Punjab has drawn condemnation from all around the world and has highlighted the rise of the misuse of the blasphemy law to carry out vigilante justice in Pakistan.
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Human rights organisations alarmed over recent persecution of Ahmadiyya co
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 23 (ANI): Many international human rights organisations are alarmed over the recent persecution of the Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan.
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Pakistani cop held for murdering man acquitted of blasphemy charges
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 4 (ANI): A Punjab police constable was arrested on Saturday for murdering a man who was acquitted of blasphemy charges last year.
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Pak's blasphemy laws continue to target Christian population
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 8 (ANI): Despite international condemnation over Pakistan's draconian blasphemy laws, which carry the death penalty, observers note that Christians continue to become common targets of discrimination of the laws, note observers.
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EU speaks for religious minorities in Pakistan
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 18 (ANI): Amid the recent surge in mob violence and religious persecution in Pakistan, the EU Parliament last month called for a review of Pakistan's GSP+ status, citing concerns over the latter's blasphemy laws and poor rights record.
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US report says Pak's blasphemy laws, attacks on minorities hampering relig
Updated : 5 years 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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Blasphemy a tool to silence women's rights activists in Pakistan
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): The charge of blasphemy has been used as a tool to silence many in Pakistan, especially annual Aurat March that continues to be targeted with unsubstantiated allegations, and scandalized by, as experts call then, upholders of patriarchal inertia.
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EU expresses concern over rising blasphemy cases in Pakistan
Updated : 5 years, 1 month 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 : 5 years, 1 month 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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Religious freedom conditions in Pakistan continue to worsen: US rights com
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], April 22 (ANI): Religious freedom conditions in Pakistan continue to worsen as the government systematically enforced blasphemy and anti-Ahmadiyya laws, according to a report released by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).
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