Zeenews.com: Human Rights Watch: Islamabad: The Pakistan government should immediately take legal action against Islamist militant groups and others responsible for threats and violence against minorities and other vulnerable groups, Human Rights Watch has said.
HRW said Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy law had “come under renewed scrutiny” after a mob torched scores of homes in a Christian neighbourhood in Lahore yesterday and forced hundreds of Christians to flee.
The mob attacked the neighbourhood after a Muslim man accused a Christian of committing blasphemy.
“Local authorities, including the provincial police, stood by and did not protect either the Christians that were threatened or their homes,” HRW said in a statement.
“The Punjab provincial government has spent almost its entire five-year term in office being in denial about threats to minorities,” said Ali Dayan Hasan, Pakistan director at HRW.
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