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The lawyer asserts that the father of three could be mentally incapable of standing trial. On November 3, residents of a Lahore neighborhood fled their homes because of fear of Islamist anger following the arrest of a Christian under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, sources report. Following accusations by Muslims in Ward No. 12 of Kahna, Lahore,…
On October 23, a Pakistani court granted Bail to a Christian who had been detained on terrorism and blasphemy charges since June in Lahore, Pakistan. The person’s lawyer claims that the high court reached this conclusion after finding severe errors in the police evidence. Arrested on June 23, Chand Shamaun faces charges of insulting Islam…
Lahore, Pakistan The UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) observed that authorities in Pakistan have been unsuccessful in addressing various human rights abuses, such as a notable rise in blasphemy-related violence. At the 142nd session of the UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva, Switzerland, members pointed out violations, including abductions of girls coerced into converting to…
Local reports state that Surabaya, Indonesia Police, arrested a Christian on Thursday, October 17, after he made remarks about Islam on social media that caused hundreds of irate Muslims to storm his house. Reports from local media show that a Muslim mob spent over an hour surrounding the home of florist Rudi Simamora in Sunggal,…
Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistan is facing demands from 17 international human rights organizations to be suspended from the Commonwealth of Nations because of its blasphemy laws and other rights violations, which could have negative consequences for religious minorities, according to local activists. The coalition submitted an open letter to the Commonwealth Secretariat before the Commonwealth Heads of…
Lahore, Pakistan Religious authorities and advocates for human rights in Pakistan denounced the murder of a Muslim detained on blasphemy charges on Thursday, September 12. The reported killing of Abdul Ali by a constable named Saad Khan Sarhadi at a police station in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan Province, has deeply disturbed citizens nationwide, especially Christians…
According to his attorney, a Christian in Lahore, Pakistan, received a death sentence from an anti-terrorism court for posting a “blasphemous” video on social media. Sahiwal District Anti-Terrorism Judge Ziaullah Khan delivered the sentence to 27-year-old Ehsaan (nickname “Shan”) Masih under Section 295-C of the Pakistan Penal Code, which mandates the death sentence for blaspheming…
Lahore, Pakistan: Police in Pakistan on Sunday (June 23) arrested a Christian under blasphemy laws as part of his siblings’ effort to retaliate against him over a property dispute, sources said. The arrest came the same day a key government minister admitted on the floor of the National Assembly that the state has failed to protect…
LAHORE, Pakistan: A Christian woman in Pakistan remains in jail on baseless charges of blasphemy after a judge rejected her bail application on Monday (June 3), sources said. Stella Khawar, 28, was arrested on May 12 in Kharota Syedan, in the Kotli Loharan area of Sialkot District, Punjab Province, and was charged with hurting the religious…
LAHORE, Pakistan: An elderly Christian attacked by a Muslim mob in Pakistan over a false blasphemy accusation succumbed to his injuries at 12:30 a.m. Monday (June 3), his son said. Sultan Gill, son of 74-year-old Nazeer Masih Gill, said his father passed away after the government had moved him to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in…