by admin_HRWF | Aug 4, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
A man accused of blasphemy in Pakistan has been shot dead in a courtroom during his trial in the northern city of Peshawar. By Secunder Kermani BBC News (29.07.2020) – https://bbc.in/2D999UM – He had been facing charges for allegedly claiming...
by admin_HRWF | Mar 31, 2020 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
A bid to overturn a law that criminalises gay sex in Singapore has been dismissed by a court, dealing a blow to the city state’s LGBT movement. BBC News (30.03.2020) – https://bbc.in/3bzqf9y – The high court rejected appeals by three gay men who had...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 27, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
BBC News (24.01.2020) – https://bbc.in/2tKFUmu – Four aid workers from a French Christian charity have gone missing in Iraq, with authorities from both countries investigating their disappearance, the organisation said. SOS Chretiens d’Orient...
by admin_HRWF | Dec 9, 2019 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
An Indian woman who was set on fire on her way to testify against her alleged rapists has died of her injuries. BBC News (07.12.2019) – https://bbc.in/2Rz3o7x – The 23-year-old died late on Friday after suffering cardiac arrest at a Delhi hospital....
