by admin_HRWF | Nov 26, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
By Peter Kenny Ecumenical News (08.11.2020) – https://bit.ly/3l8HNhc – Switzerland’s Federal Assembly has rejected a motion by a lawmaker to abolish the crime of blasphemy, which will remain on the law books but does not carry the massive...
by admin_HRWF | Sep 10, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Asif Pervaiz, 37, who has been in custody since 2013, given death penalty for sending ‘blasphemous’ text messages. By Asad Hashim Al Jazeera (08.09.2020) – https://bit.ly/2Fi6rNf – A court in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore has...
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 13, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Somali professor formerly jailed for blasphemy facing increasing danger. Professor Mahmoud Jama Ahmed-Hamdi HRWF (13.03.2020) – On 2 March 2020, Professor Mahmoud Jama Ahmed-Hamdi informed HRWF about an alarming new death threat from a local preacher during a...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 22, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
The offence of blasphemy has been officially removed from the Irish constitution. By Jack Beresford The Irish Post (18.01.2020) – https://bit.ly/2ulCzdu – Ireland voted to repeal the reference to blasphemy in the Constitution by a huge majority in a...
