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BLASPHEMY ALLEGATIONS
2 more arrested over Hindu man's lynching in Bangladesh; 12 held so farTwo more individuals were apprehended on Sunday regarding the lynching of a Hindu man in Bangladesh. This brings the total number of arrest...- Seven arrested over Hindu man's lynching in BangladeshSeven individuals have been apprehended in Bangladesh following the brutal lynching of Dipu Chandra Das, a 25-year-old Hindu man, accused o...
- Pakistani YouTuber's ‘295’ perfume sparks outrage—Now he faces a decade in prisonPakistani YouTube personality Rajab Butt has been charged with blasphemy after launching a perfume named "295," a reference to the country’...
- Pakistan: Rights Group condemns blasphemy allegations, mob attack on Christian family in SargodhaHuman Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) condemned the violent mob attack on Nazir Masih and his son, Sultan Masih, in Sargodha following false b...
- Pastor shot at in Pakistan's Punjab, days after mob attack on Christians in provinceThe pastor, in his statement to police, said that an objectionable religious slogan in Arabic was written on the outer wall of the church. ...
- Over 100 arrested, probe ordered in attacks on churches and homes of Christians in PakistanOver 100 people, including activists of the extremist group Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), have been taken into custody over attacks on ...
- Pakistan: Multiple churches vandalised in Faisalabad over blasphemy allegationsMultiple Christian churches in the Jaranwala district of Pakistan's Faisalabad have been vandalised and destroyed over blasphemy allegation...
- Pakistan mob attacks Hindu man over alleged blasphemyMany people have been lynched to death in Pakistan on the mere accusation of blasphemy. Countless others languish in jails for years with n...
- Religion-fueled mobs on the rise again in Pakistanlynchings over offenses to Islam, real or imagined, are far from new in Pakistan, where blasphemy is punishable by death. Rights activists ...
- Pakistan PM Imran Khan reassures president over Sri Lankan's lynchingImran Khan said in an overnight tweet that he spoke to Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa by phone to convey the country's anger and s...
- Pakistan seeks to block US-based website of minority AhmadisHarris Zafar said Pakistan's Telecommunication Authority earlier this month issued a legal notice for him and fellow American Amjad Mahmood...
- Pakistan National Bank's manager shot dead by security guard over 'blasphemy'Blasphemy is a hugely sensitive issue in Pakistan, with even unproven allegations often prompting mob violence. Anyone convicted or even ju...
- Bangladesh Christian Association demands end to persecution against Pak ChristiansA sessions court in Lahore on September 8, 2020 sentenced Asif Pervaiz, 37, a Pakistani Christian, to death for “misusing” his phone to sen...
- Religious minorities continue to face violence in Pakistan: UN rights chief"The (Pakistan) Government, despite recommendations from international human rights mechanisms, has not amended or repealed blasphemy law p...
- Nawaz Sharif orders action against blasphemous social media content"Those behind this heinous crime should be dealt with, without any delay," Sharif ordered Federal Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Kha...
- US lawmaker seeks changes in Pak blasphemy law"Two Sindhi Hindu teenagers shot in Sindh. Another arrested for Blasphemy. Pakistan's Blasphemy law needs to be changed. Now," Congressman ...
- Pakistan among worst violators of religious freedom: USCIRF"In 2015, the Pakistani government continued to perpetrate and tolerate systematic, ongoing, and egregious religious freedom violations," t...
- Pakistan Supreme Court upholds death sentence of killer of former Punjab Governor Salman TaseerPakistan's Supreme Court today rejected an appeal by the killer of former Punjab governor Salman Taseer against the death sentence awarded ...
- 'Sentencing of Pakistan media mogul will have chilling effect'Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, owner of Geo and Jang group, was handed down the prison term in absentia for allowing the broadcast of a "blasphemous...
- Vendor arrested under blasphemy law in PakistanPakistani police have arrested a vendor under the controversial blasphemy law for allegedly burning the pages of Quran in Lahore, officials...
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