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Human rights group hails acquittal of Pakistani Christian on death
Updated : 3 weeks 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 : 1 month 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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Centre extends facilities to religious minorities people from Paki
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI): The Centre has extended various facilities to many people belonging to religious minorities in Pakistan and Bangladesh, who have come to India and are staying on long-term Visas, Union Minister Nityananda Rai said here on Wednesday.
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Woman activist lashes out at judicial system in Pakistan for not p
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
London [UK], September 12 (ANI): London-based Pakistani human rights activist and spokeswoman for Justice for Minorities in Pakistan Anila Gulzar has lashed out at the judicial system in Pakistan and condemned the death sentence awarded to a 37-year-old Christian man, Asif Pervaiz, in Lahore
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Israel, UAE to normalise diplomatic relations, announces President
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], August 13 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) announced that Israel and the United Arab Emirates will fully normalise their diplomatic relations.
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Muslim Uighurs are forcibly put in concentration camps in China: H
Updated : 2 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 01 (ANI): M Hashim Qureshi, Chairman of J-K Democratic Liberation Party, has highlighted the treatment meted by the Chinese Communist Party to Muslim and Christians, saying Muslim Uighurs are put in concentration camps in Xinjiang province.
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China forces Christians to replace images of Jesus with Communist
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Beijing [China], July 22 (ANI): Continuing with its repression of religious minorities, Chinese officials have now ordered Christians to smash crosses and remove images of Jesus from their homes and instead put up pictures of Communist leaders.
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Silent protest held outside UN over persecution of Christians in P
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 21 (ANI): A silent demonstration was held on Saturday in front of the United Nations Office in Geneva alongside Broken Chair to raise a voice in solidarity to eradicate the malicious blasphemy law and forced conversions in Pakistan.
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US report on religious freedom accuses China of intensifying repre
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 11 (ANI): An annual report on religious freedom released by the US State Department accuses China of intensifying religious repression on its minority groups, particularly the Uighurs of northwest Xinjiang province, Christians, Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists, and Falu
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Beware US, Pakistan's National Commission for Minorities only symb
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], May 15 (ANI): Pakistan's National Commission for Minorities is a 'public relations gimmick' as it has no power to amend the anti-minorities laws enshrined in the country's constitution, says former member of Pakistani parliament.
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Manual scavenging-- a caste-based discrimination that persists in
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 5 (ANI): It's a cultural, traditional inertia of sorts that the descendants of lower-caste Hindus who converted to Christianity centuries ago still find themselves marginalized and subjected to menial labour, including manual scavenging in Pakistan.
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Amid COVID-19, make this Ramzan symbol of patience, harmony, sensi
Updated : 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that as the COVID-19 pandemic has come to plague the entire world, we have an opportunity to make this Ramzan a symbol of patience, harmony, sensitivity and service.
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