By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Nov 21, 2023: Vowing to pursue a program of “justice and peace,” the newly elected president of the Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference says that agenda will include speaking out against the country’s controversial blasphemy laws. Critics allege that those laws, which criminalize blasphemy against state-recognized religions,Continue Reading
Rome: A Christian couple who spent seven years on death row in Pakistan on false blasphemy charges has been granted asylum in a European country. According to human rights organization ADF International, Shagufta Kausar and Shafqat Emmanuel arrived in Europe this week after their death sentence was overturned by theContinue Reading
By LiCAS.News Islamabad: A Christian woman in Pakistan has been accused of blasphemy and arrested for simply receiving a text message on her mobile phone. Shagufta Rafiq was accused of committing blasphemy and arrested on July 29 in a police raid on her home in Islamabad, said a report fromContinue Reading
By Asad Hashim Islamabad, Sept 8, 2020: A court in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore has sentenced a Christian man to death for having committed “blasphemy,” his lawyer says, in the latest case of Pakistan’s strict religious laws being applied against minorities. Asif Pervaiz, 37, has been in custodyContinue Reading
Asia Bibi had called on Christians to pray and fast with her on April 27, after hearing her death sentence appeal would re-open in Pakistan’s Supreme Court.Continue Reading
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