Showing posts with label Apostasy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Apostasy. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 13, 2022

French Catholic Bishops Set Up National Canonical Penal Court

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On December 5, the Conference of Bishops of France in a lengthy press release ( full text in French ) announced the creation of a National C...
Friday, July 17, 2020

Sudan Liberalizes Its Laws On Apostasy, Alcohol, Criminal Sanctions and Women's Rights

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Al Jazeera reported earlier this week on important legal reforms being implemented in Sudan: Sudan approved wide-ranging amendments to it...
Tuesday, December 10, 2019

New USCIRF Report on Apostasy, Blasphemy and Hate Speech Laws In Africa

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Yesterday, he U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom released a 50-page report titled  Apostasy, Blasphemy, and Hate Speech Laws...
Thursday, February 04, 2016

Saudi Court Reduces Sentence From Death To 8 Years and 800 Lashes In Apostasy Case

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CNN reported yesterday that a court in Saudi Arabia has upheld the guilty verdict on a charge of apostasy that was handed down against Pale...
Friday, December 04, 2015

27 Sudanese Muslims Charged With Apostasy For Rejecting the Hadith

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In Khartoum, Sudan, 27 defendants are on trial for apostasy.  According to Middle East Online  and the Sudan Tribune , the charges under Sec...
Sunday, November 29, 2015

On Retrial Saudi Court Sentences Poet To Death For Apostasy

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The Star Daily Standard yesterday reported on a Nov. 17 judgment by a Saudi Arabian court that sentenced Palestinian artist Ashraf Fayadh t...
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Sudanese Appeals Court Overturns Apostasy Death Sentence of Christian Woman

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In a case that has attracted widespread international attention , an appeals court in Sudan has ordered the release of Meriam Ibrahim who ha...
Sunday, June 15, 2014

Sudan Apostasy Case Draws U.S. Attention As Appeal Begins

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Zegabi reports that in Khartoum, Sudan last week an Appeals Court hearing began in the case of 27-year old Meriam Yehya Ibrahim Ishag who w...
Friday, May 16, 2014

Sudanese Woman Sentenced To Flogging and Death For Apostasy and Supposed Adultery

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CNN reports  that in Khartoum, Sudan this week, a court has sentenced  27-year old Meriam Yehya Ibrahim to death by hanging for apostasy and...