Search For "religious freedom act"
3 rape, blackmail cases filed in Bhopal; 4 arrested: DCP Sanjay Agarwal
Updated : 11 months ago IST
In connection with the cases of rape and blackmail of college students in Bhopal,Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Zone-2 Bhopal Sanjay Agarwal on Monday said that three separate FIRs have been registered across different police stations.
Read More
Pakistan's classic trait of denying persecution of minorities
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
This is not the first time that the United States has called out the role of Pakistan government and other institutions in suppressing the identity and curtailing the rights of minorities.
Read More
MP: Person willing to convert have to submit application to District Magis
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to the notified rules, it will be mandatory for a person who voluntarily changes its religion and for the Dharmacharya, a person who converts the religion, to submit an application to the District Magistrate at least 60 days in advance of the conversion.
Read More
Pakistan's religious minorities face severe marginalization in all aspects
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The United States on December 2, 2022, designated Pakistan, along with China, Iran and Russia, as countries of particular concern under the Religious Freedom Act over severe violations, said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Read More
US not to put India on its list of countries violating religious freedom:
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
During the State Department briefing on December 6, spokesperson Ned Price, said, "When it comes to India, India of course is the world's largest democracy. It's home to a great diversity of faiths."
Read More
India is world's largest democracy, home to great diversity of faiths: US
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
While addressing reporters, US Department of State spokesperson ned Price said, "India of course, is the world's largest democracy. It's home to a great diversity of faiths. Our annual report on international religious freedom outlines some of the concerns we've taken note of when it comes t
Read More
US adds Russia's Wagner Group to 'Entities of Particular Concern' under in
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
While announcing the name of countries that are designated under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in a statement, said, "Finally, I am designating al-Shabab, Boko Haram, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Houthis, ISIS-Greater Sahara, ISIS-West
Read More
China continues to detain Uyghurs, other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang: US ri
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 22 (ANI): The Chinese government has continued to detain Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in the northwest region of Xinjiang despite claiming to have released all detainees, according to a report released by the United States Commission on International Religiou
Read More
CFU calls on nations to end atrocities faced by Uyghurs in hands of CCP
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 28 (ANI): On the occasion of the International Religious Freedom Day, Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU) commemorated the 22nd anniversary of the 1998 International Religious Freedom Act (IRF Act) urging all nations to bring an end to the atrocities on Uyghurs by the Chin
Read More
Pak rejects listing as religious freedom violator by US
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 12 (ANI): Responding to United States Department of State's designation of Pakistan as 'Countries of Particular Concern' under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, Islamabad rejected the profiling, terming it 'unilateral and politically motivated pronou
Read More
US blacklists Pakistan for violating religious freedom
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 11 (ANI): The United States has designated Pakistan as one of the Countries of Particular Concern under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 for having engaged in or tolerated "systematic, ongoing, (and) egregious violations of religious freedom".
Read More
Ahmadiyya community develops Rabwah on its own accord
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Rabwah [Pakistan], Dec 28 (ANI): The Ahmadiyya community, a section that moved its headquarters to Pakistan from India in 1948, purchased a barren stretch of desert land from the government, developing it on their own, naming it Rabwah.
Read More