Showing posts with label Blasphemy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blasphemy. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Court Says Indian Penal Code Does Not Punish Insults to Religion That Do Not Outrage Targets

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In Kumar v. State of Karnataka ,  (High Ct. Karnataka, Sept. 13, 2024), a single-judge bench of the High Court of the Indian state of Karnat...
Friday, July 19, 2024

Russian Court Bans Online Sale of Souvenir Toilet Paper: Depiction Offends Feelings of Religious Believers

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Moscow Times and Vyorstka  reported yesterday that a Russian District Court in Moscow has banned the offering on four websites in Russia of...
Saturday, July 22, 2023

UN Human Rights Council Adopts Resolution Condemning Burning of Qur'an

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The United Nations Press Centre reports  that on July 14, the United Nations Human Rights Council concluded its fifty-third regular session ...
Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Polish Court Convicts LGBT Marchers of Offending Religious Feelings

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  Notes from Poland reports that a district court in Częstochowa, Poland last week concluded that two women were guilty of "offending ...
Monday, November 14, 2022

Pakistan Court Quashes Blasphemy Charge-- Dreams Are Not Criminal

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 In Khan v. Station House Officer , (Lahore High Ct., Nov.11, 2022), a Pakistani appellate court held that Pakistan Criminal Code Sec. 295A ...
Sunday, October 16, 2022

Pakistan Agency Creates Unit To Handle Blasphemy Complaints

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The News on Sunday reports that on Oct. 6 Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency announced that it has created a dedicated unit to dea...
Monday, August 09, 2021

In Pakistan, 8-Year Old Boy Is Charged With Blaspehmy

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The Guardian   today reports that in the Punjab province of Pakistan, an 8-year old Hindu boy has become the youngest person ever charged in...
Friday, April 23, 2021

Algerian Journalist Sentenced To Prison For Facebook Posts Offensive To Islam

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Amnesty International reported yesterday that a court in Algeria on April 1 sentenced a journalist Said Djabelkheir , a specialist on Sufis...
Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Court In India Dismisses Charge That Facebook Post Violated Blasphemy Law

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In India, the High Court of the State of Tripura dismissed a complaint filed against petitioner claiming that he violated Section 295A of th...
Thursday, December 10, 2020

USCIRF Hearing On Blasphemy Laws

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 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom held a hearing yesterday on  Blasphemy Laws and the Violation of International Relig...
Tuesday, December 08, 2020

House Resolution Calls For International Repeal of Blasphemy, Heresy and Apostasy Laws

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The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday, by a vote of 386-3 passed House Resolution 512 ( full text ) calling for the global repeal of ...
Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Nigerian Court Sentences Musician To Death For Blasphemy

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  BBC News reports: A musician in Nigeria's northern state of Kano has been sentenced to death by hanging for blaspheming against the P...
Friday, July 31, 2020

American On Trial For Blasphemy In Pakistan Is Assassinated In Courtroom

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A press statement from the State Department yesterday reports on the killing of an American citizen, Tahir Naseem, inside a court room in P...
Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Brazil's Supreme Court Head Allows Video Satirizing Jesus to Be Shown On Netflix

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AFP and AP  report that the President of Brazil's Supreme Federal Court last Thursday overturned a lower court's preliminary injunct...
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...
Friday, August 02, 2019

Court in Burma Dismisses Blasphemy Suit Against U.S. Ambassador

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Yesterday in Myanmar, a township court dismissed a lawsuit that had been filed against the U.S. Ambassador and two others, charging that a p...
Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Pakistan Supreme Court Reaffirms Acquittal of Christian Charged With Blasphemy

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On Tuesday a 3-judge panel of Pakistan's Supreme Court reaffirmed the Court's acquittal of Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman who had be...
Saturday, January 12, 2019

Pakistan's Supreme Court Orders Government Compensation To Victims of Protesters

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As previously reported , after Pakistan's Supreme Court last October reversed the blasphemy conviction of a Christian woman, Asia Bibi, ...
Thursday, December 20, 2018

Canada Repeals Blasphemous Libel Section of Criminal Code

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On Dec. 13, Royal Assent was given to Bill C-51  which has been passed by Canada's Parliament.  Among other things, the new law repeals ...
Friday, November 23, 2018

Twitter CEO Charged In Indian Court With Outraging Religious Feelings

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According to Times of India  yesterday, a local court in Jodhpur, India has agreed to move ahead with a complaint against Twitter CEO Jack D...