Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Forced marriage has long been a problem in India and Pakistan, but the pandemic has made things worse by forcing millions out of work Girls are seen by some as a financial burden from the moment they menstruate. For desperate families, marrying them off seems an easy...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Mob shuts down Hospital calling for Christians to be hanged International Christian Concern (09.04.2021) – https://bit.ly/31YIOBw – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that two Christian nurses in Pakistan have been formally...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
CLAAS-UK (25.03.2021) – Pakistan’s attorney general and provincial advocate general have been issued notices by the Peshawar High Court regarding a petition calling for the removal of all punishments except the death penalty for blasphemy from the country’s...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
ADF International (22.03.2021) – https://bit.ly/3vXdUae – A Pakistani national is fighting for his life at the European Court of Human Rights. Swiss authorities had rejected his request for religious asylum. The man, known by the initials “M.A.M”, appealed...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Sajjad Masih Gill was serving a life sentence from 2013 for allegedly offensive SMS. On appeal, judges said this was not enough. By Massimo Introvigne Bitter Winter (22.03.21) – https://bit.ly/3r9b4LF – Is life imprisonment an adequate punishment in...