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Rights Body in Pakistan rejects police narrative on Jaranwala blasphemy ca
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Naveed Walter, president of Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP), said that police have made fake reports on Jaranwala’s blasphemy incidents. “We reject both versions of police, first of foreign conspiracy just after the incident dated 16 August and now of honour crime to personal interests,”
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Overseas Pakistanis urge President Alvi to punish those involved in Jaranw
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The Overseas Pakistani Christian Alliance (OPCA) condemned the Jaranwala incident in which 19 churches and multiple houses were gutted in a suspected arson by a mob and urged the government to punish those who are responsible for this crime.
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Church attacked in Pakistan's Faisalabad over blasphemy allegations
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
In yet another attack on religious minorities in Pakistan, a church has been vandalised and set ablaze in Faisalabad district, according to Lahore-based Bishop Azad Marshall.
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Pakistan: Report highlights kidnapping, forced marriages of minorities
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
he religious minorities, mainly Hindu and Christian women and children continue to be oppressed and persecuted, at the same time facing the risk of being kidnapped, forcibly converted, raped, and coerced into a "marriage" with an older or elderly man, Gatestone Institute reported.
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Human rights body condemns harassment of religious minorities in Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Naveed Walter, the President of Human Rights Focus Pakistan said that the population of minorities in Pakistan has come down to 3 per cent from 23 per cent since its independence in 1947.
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Pakistan: Human Rights body condemns harassment of religious minorities
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned the harassment of religious minorities in Pakistan, especially in cases filed against them for engaging in ritual sacrifice during Eid-ul-Azha.
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UKPNP chief voices concern over oppression of religious minorities in PoK,
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Interfaith International organised a symposium on Freedom of Religion Human Rights and Politics on Wednesday.
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"There is discrimination...": Asaduddin Owaisi hits out at PM Modi over hi
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
"The Prime Minister of India took questions for the first time in 9 years and to a specific question, he claimed there was no discrimination against religious minorities in India. As many as 300 churches were burnt in Manipur. Isn't that discrimination? The CAA was formulated on the basis
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Pakistan: Abuse of blasphemy laws draws criticism from various circles
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
A local court in Bahawalpur sent shockwaves across Pakistan after sentencing a 22-year-old Christian youth, Noman Masih, to death on blasphemy charges.
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Pakistan: Death sentence for Christian youth on blasphemy charges sparks o
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
A local court in Bahawalpur sent shockwaves across Pakistan after sentencing a 22-year-old Christian youth, Noman Masih, to death on blasphemy charges, BNN Network reported, adding that the court's decision has sparked outrage among human rights activists and religious minorities who have sa
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US religious freedom report alleges violations in China, Iran
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that most oppressive nations around the world are growing even more dire. "Governments in many parts of the world continue to target religious minorities using a host of methods, including torture, beatings, unlawful surveillance, and so-called re-educa
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How Pakistan failed to safeguard citizens from political and economic expl
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The incidents of enforced disappearances, the safety of religious minorities or lack thereof, and the diminishing rights of women and children have remained a grave cause of concern. The year 2022 was chaotic and fatal for the people in Pakistan. The devastating floods last monsoon led to ex
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