Freedom of Religion and Belief
CLAAS (14.02.2021) – On 13 January Model Town police station, Lahore registered a blasphemy case under section 295 -A, B and C, Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), which has a mandatory death penalty, against two young Christians, Haroon Ayub Masih and Salamat Mansha...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
By Haroon Janjua WUNRN (04.02.2021) – https://bit.ly/3jwOSZQ – 6 January 2021, a Pakistani court has outlawed the practice of subjecting female rape survivors to a virginity test in an unprecedented ruling. Lahore’s high court ruled on Monday...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
HRWF (03.02.2021) – As of 1 February 2021, HRWF had registered and documented 53 cases of believers of all faiths who were in prison in Pakistan: 28 Protestants, 15 Sunni Muslims, 5 Ahmadis, 2 Anglicans, 1 Catholic, 1 Hindu and 1 Shia (See...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
By Nasir Saeed CLAAS (28.01.2021) – https://bit.ly/2YDx2uL – A Christian staff nurse and gospel singer Tabita, 30, from Karachi has been accused of committing blasphemy. On January 28, Tabita’s colleagues at Sobhraj Maternity Hospital, Karachi, where she...