Violent protests have stymied the draft bill that contains controversial measures on sex, abortion and blasphemy Kate Lamb in Jakarta Thu 26 Sep 2019 1. What is the […]
Sep 16, 2019 KARACHI/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A crowd in Pakistan ransacked a school and Hindu temple after a Hindu principal was accused of blasphemy, police said on Monday, the latest […]
Last year Pakistan was put in Special Watch List category on Religious Freedom mainly because of the deterioration in religious freedom in the country. The US has asked Pakistan to […]
A Pakistan doctor, identified as Ramesh Kumar, was taken into custody on charges of blasphemy while angry protestors set fire to shops owned by Hindus and burnt tyres on road […]
By Patrick Goodenough | May 24, 2019 | LEAD director Sardar Mushtaq Gill, center, and others demonstrate against blasphemy laws and persecution of minorities in Pakistan. (Photo: Legal Evangelical […]
George Mills news@thelocal.ch @thelocalswitzer 22 February 2019 File photo: Depositphotos The Swiss government said this week it would not lend its support to plans to strike a ‘blasphemy’ clause from […]
By Sibilla Bondolfi This content was published on February 11, 2019 Pakistanis protest the release of Asia Bibi, who was accused of blasphemy against the Prophet Mohammed (EPA/RAHAT DAR) […]
The bravery and perseverance of Bibi, her family, and her legal team should not be overshadowed In any other country her ordeal would be cause for outrage, but in […]
Saif-ul-Mulook has been targeted by death threats since his the spectacular acquittal of his client Asia Bibi, a labourer from central Punjab province on death row since 2010. Saif-ul-Mulook fled […]
She spent years in solitary confinement. By Amardeep Bassey, HuffPost UK Asia Bibi, a Christian woman who spent eight years on death row in Pakistan for blasphemy, is expected to […]
The white stripe in Pakistan’s national flag is meant to represent the space for minorities in the country. Many gave forgotten this founding principle Parveen Akhtar @DrParveenAkhtar The Independent […]
Source: The Washington Post By Shaiq Hussain ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld its decision to acquit a Christian woman on charges of blasphemy that kept her […]
Jan 26, 2019 – 21:29 AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Pakistani lawyer Saiful Mulook, who fled to the Netherlands after receiving death threats for defending a Christian woman on blasphemy charges, is […]
January 1, 2019 Saif ul Malook REUTERS/Eva Plevier Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian woman cleared of blasphemy charges, spent Christmas in a safe house in Islamabad, and it is […]
John Newton Nov 22nd, 2018 A surge in aggressive nationalism in key parts of the world is to blame for a rise in violence and other intimidation against religious minorities […]
12 Dec 2018 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday rejected Washington’s decision to place it on a blacklist of countries that violate religious freedom, branding it “politically motivated” and defending its […]
Fri 23 Nov 2018 By Cara Bentley As a report is launched about religious freedom around the world, three members of parliament have challenge Lord Tariq Ahmad on the […]
Police say they have arrested more than 300 Tehreek-Labaik Pakistan party supporters in Punjab province to “maintain public order” PUBLISHED : Saturday, 24 November, 2018, 9:30pm Agence France-Presse […]
By Will Maule Author November 13, 2018 Christian mother Asia Bibi continues to remain in Pakistan, despite open threats against her life from Islamist radicals who are desperate to […]
Reuters International Nov 20, 2018 – 13:06 FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The lawyer for Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian acquitted of capital blasphemy charges, appealed on Tuesday to Germany to give […]
