Freedom of Religion and Belief
PAKISTAN: Concerns about two Bills that increase blasphemy punishment and fail minorities CSW (11.08.2023) – CSW is concerned about two Bills passed in Pakistan’s legislature that increase the punishment for blasphemy offences, and fail to adequately...
Freedom of Religion and Belief, Uncategorized
PAKISTAN: Cleric killed by mob following blasphemy accusation CSW (09.05.2023) – A local cleric in the city of Mardan, Khyber Pakthunkhwa Province, Pakistan, was killed by a mob on 6 May after he was accused of making a blasphemous reference during a political...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
José Luis Bazan (COMECE) EU-PAKISTAN: “The GSP+ and blasphemy laws in Pakistan in the dock” Blasphemy legislation in Pakistan: Which response should be given by the EU?” By José Luis Bazan, Legal Adviser for International Religious Freedom, Migration and Asylum,...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Hearing of a Christian couple, formerly sentenced to death in Pakistan, at the European Parliament By Manel Msalmi and Willy Fautré HRWF (23.05.2022) – On Wednesday 18 May 2022, Shafqat Emmanuel and Shagufta Kausar, a Christian couple sentenced to death in...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Questions from MEP Martusciello about blasphemy laws to EU Commissioner Dombrovskis Hearing about blasphemy laws in Pakistan at the European Parliament on 27 April 2022. HRWF (30.04.2022) – On April 28th, there was an informal hearing in the European...