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Pakistan: Rights group condemns brutal attack, 'false' blasphemy a
Updated : 4 days, 10 hours ago IST
Faisalabad [Pakistan], April 10 (ANI): A Pakistan-based right group has condemned a brutal attack on two Christian nurses, who were falsely accused of committing blasphemy.
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Pakistan: Women activists facing blasphemy allegations after 'Aura
Updated : 6 days, 9 hours ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 8 (ANI): The controversial Blasphemy law in Pakistan, which long have been used to subjugate the minorities in the countries, is now being employed to silence women fighting for their rights.
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US rights commission calls on Pakistan to repeal blasphemy laws
Updated : 2 weeks ago IST
Washington DC [US], March 31 (ANI): USCIRF Commissioner Johnnie Moore has asked Pakistan to repeal its blasphemy laws following a local court's decision to order a police probe against the organisers of a march marking International Women's Day over allegations they committed blasphemy.
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Bilawal slams misuse of Pak blasphemy laws to target Aurat March o
Updated : 3 weeks, 6 days ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], March 18 (ANI): Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP) chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday called the misuse of blasphemy laws to target Aurat March organisers as 'regrettable'.
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Pak blasphemy law does not protect Hindus: Report
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 6 (ANI): The way Pakistani member of the National Assembly Aamir Liaquat Husain used the image of Hindu deity to mock Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Sharif recently shows that the country's blasphemy law does not protect Hindus in the c
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Pakistan: Two Christian men charged under controversial blasphemy
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], February 18 (ANI): Two Christians in Pakistan have been charged with blasphemy for their alleged insulting remarks against Islam's holy book and the Prophet.
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Pakistan: Christian nurse beaten by her Muslim colleagues after ac
Updated : 1 month, 4 weeks ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 14 (ANI): Tabitha Nazir Gill, a Christian nurse working at Sobhraj Maternity Hospital in Pakistan's Karachi, was beaten by her Muslim colleagues on January 28, accusing her of blasphemy.
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Pakistan: Human rights group condemns false accusation of blasphem
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], February 5 (ANI): A human rights group has condemned the brutal attack and false accusation of blasphemy on Tabitha Nazir Gill, a Christian, gospel singer, and nurse at Sobhraj Maternity Hospital in Karachi.
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USCIRF calls Pak to release Ramzan Bibi who is detained under blas
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Washington [US], January 07 (ANI): United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Commissioner James W. Carr on Thursday announced his adoption of Ramzan Bibi, an Ahmadi woman detained in Pakistan under the controversial blasphemy law, through the Religious Prisoners of
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Pak presence in rights council 'intolerable': UN-accredited NGO
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Washington [US], November 8 (ANI): Pakistan's presence in the United Nations Human Rights Council is "intolerable" given its rights record, said Geneva-based NGO UN Watch, adding that religious minorities in the south Asian country suffer from discrimination, sectarian violence and forced co
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Human rights group hails acquittal of Pakistani Christian on death
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
Washington [US], October 8 (ANI): Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) hailed the Lahore High Court (LHC) verdict of acquitting Sawan Masih, a Christian man on death row from the last eight years.
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Bangladesh Christian Association demands repeal of blasphemy law i
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], September 24 (ANI): The Bangladesh Christian Association has expressed grave concerns over the persecution of Christians and other minorities in Pakistan and demanded that the Imran Khan-led government should repeal the blasphemy law, and release people, who have been
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