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The 2026 report on the persecution of Ahmadi Muslims by the International Human Rights Desk is now publicly available in digital form following its launch in Dublin and Galway.

We encourage colleagues, partners and stakeholders to review the report and engage with its findings.

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The International Human Rights Desk has released its 2026 report on the persecution of Ahmadi Muslims, documenting violations during 2025, following its public launch at the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) in Dublin on 9 February 2026 and at the Irish Centre for Human Rights at University of Galway on 10 February 2026.

At the Dublin launch, the report was presented by Usman Ahmad. Those who addressed the event included former government minister Eamon O Cuiv, Gràinne ( pronounced Gronya) McMorrow, barrister Garry O’Halloran, Assistant Commissioner Catharina Gunne, and John Lahart TD, Cathaoirleach of the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade.

The second launch event, hosted the following day by the Irish Centre for Human Rights at University of Galway, was attended by approximately 50 participants, including the Deputy Mayor of Galway, Councillor Alan Cheevers, and Professor Siobhán Mullally, Director of the Centre and UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children.

The report documents a year of sustained persecution of Ahmadi Muslims, primarily in Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Among the most serious incidents recorded was the armed attack on Bait-ul-Mahdi in Rabwah, where an assailant opened fire on Ahmadi volunteers shortly before Friday prayers. The attack highlighted the absence of effective state protection even in the administrative headquarters of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.

During the year, three Ahmadis were killed for their faith and another died in police custody. Members of the community were arrested for routine acts of worship, mosques were demolished or sealed, Friday prayers were obstructed or treated as a criminal offence during Ramadan, and restrictions extended into the Eid festivals.

Violations extended into death. The report documents the destruction of 381 Ahmadi graves in 2025, alongside repeated interference in funerals and burial rites.

Legal and judicial developments further narrowed the space for Ahmadi religious life signified in particular by the life-sentencing of an Ahmadi educator in December for possessing and distributing a copy of the Holy Quran.

The report also records at least 27 hate rallies targeting Ahmadis in Pakistan, alongside organised mobilisation in Bangladesh demanding the declaration of Ahmadis as non-Muslim and the introduction of Pakistan-style legal restrictions.

To receive a digital copy, please follow the QR code or contact contact@ihrdesk.org.

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