Showing posts with label Pakistan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pakistan. Show all posts
Saturday, February 24, 2024

Pakistan Supreme Court Defends Free Exercise Rights of Ahmadis; Protests Follow

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Earlier this month, a 2-judge panel of the Pakistani Supreme Court in Mubarak Ahmad Sani v. The State,  (Pakistan Sup. Ct., Feb. 6, 2024) ( ...
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...
Thursday, April 28, 2022

European Court Says Switzerland Wrongly Denied Asylum To Pakistani Convert To Christianity

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In M.A.M. v. Suisse ,  (ECHR, April 26, 2022) [decision in French], the European Court of Human Rights ruled in favor of a Pakistani asylee ...
Monday, October 25, 2021

USCIRF Calls Attention To Persecution of Ahmadiyya Muslims

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The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has recently issued a new Factsheet on Persecution of Ahmadiyya Muslims , focusing pa...
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, January 22, 2021

Pakistani Agency Threatens U.S. Website Owners With Sanctions Because of Ahmadi Content

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  AP reported yesterday that Pakistan’s Telecommunication Authority earlier this month ordered two American men to shut down their U.S.-bas...
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, May 12, 2020

Pakistan Creates National Commission For Minorities

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UCA News reports that on May 5, Pakistan's federal cabinet approved creation of a National Commission for Minorities. Pakistan's Sup...
Wednesday, August 07, 2019

11th Circuit: Board of Immigration Appeals Failed to Consider Evidence of Ahmadi Persecution In Pakistan

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In Ali v. U.S. Attorney General ,  (11th Cir., Aug. 5, 2019), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated and remanded for further consid...
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, ...
Tuesday, November 06, 2018

Pakistan Blasphemy Case Is Not Over As Government Agrees To Seek Another Review

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As previously reported, last week Pakistan's Supreme Court reversed the blasphemy conviction of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman who had be...
Thursday, November 01, 2018

Pakistan's Supreme Court Reverses Blasphemy Conviction of Asia Bibi

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In a widely followed case, the Pakistan Supreme Court yesterday reversed the blasphemy conviction of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman who had be...
Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Pakistani Judges Receive Threats Over Upcoming Blasphemy Decision

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According to DAWN , last week, a 3-judge panel of Pakistan's Supreme Court heard the appeal in Aasia Bibi's blasphemy case.  Bibi, a...
Thursday, July 05, 2018

Pakistan Court Orders Public Release of Report On Temporary Election Law Amendments That Favored Ahmadis

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In Pakistan last year, a change in the election law that apparently would have permitted members of the Ahmadi sect to run for political of...
Tuesday, April 03, 2018

Pakistan's Chief Justice Sets Up Offices To Receive Minority Group and Human Rights Complaints

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UCA News yesterday reported that Pakistan's Chief Justice has set up two separate units in the Court's Lahore office, one to receiv...
Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Pakistani Court Says Citizens Must Declare Religion For Identity Documents

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Christian Times reports on a decision last week from the Islamabad High Court in Pakistan.  The court ruled that all citizens must declare ...
Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Valentine's Day Remains Controversial In Some Conservative Muslim and Hindu Areas

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Again this year, Valentine's Day is countering opposition from conservative religious leaders in some nations.  Voice of America report...
Thursday, February 08, 2018

Pakistani Court Sentences 31 In Lynching of Student Falsely Accused of Blashpemy

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Agence France-Presse  today reports that a court in Pakistan has sentenced one person to death, five others to life in prison and 25 to thre...