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 | Dec 10, 2018 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Abdughapar Abdurusul’s wife is believed to have died in detention and his eldest son is missing. Radio Free Asia (21.11.2018) – https://bit.ly/2PuDuwO – Authorities in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have sentenced a...
by admin_HRWF | Oct 15, 2018 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Sentenced another 19 defendants to life imprisonment or several years in prison. For the judges they are guilty of membership of the Islamic State. Activists and NGOs against the trial in a military court. “Horrible” attacks, but an “unjust”...
by admin_HRWF | Nov 20, 2017 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
The Washington Post (09.11.2017) – http://wapo.st/2Aimfvy – An appeals court in Mauritania has released a blogger who had been sentenced to death for an online post deemed blasphemous by authorities. The court in Nouadhibou city on Thursday...
by admin_HRWF | Mar 20, 2017 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Companies approached in effort to locate Pakistanis at home or abroad so they can be prosecuted or potentially extradited By Alex Hern and agencies The Guardian (17.03.2017) – http://bit.ly/2n6nJBy – Pakistan has asked Facebook and Twitter to...
