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Taimoor Raza was found guilty of insulting the prophet Mohammed during an argument on social media with a counter-terrorism official.
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has sentenced a man to death for allegedly committing blasphemy on Facebook, the latest step in an intensified crackdown on (...)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-052-2017 09 June, 2017
A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission
PAKISTAN: Supreme Court declares blasphemy accusation as tool of oppression and releases Christian after 11 years
The Supreme Court of Pakistan’s acquittal of a man accused of blasphemy 11 (...)
MASHAL Khan was neither the first nor is he the last victim of the religious bigotry that has become so pervasive in our society. The gruesome lynching of the young Mardan university student shows how easy it is to inflame a mindless mob in the name of faith. The men who pumped bullets into (...)
Once again, Pakistan faced the deadliest wave of terror attacks in the mid of February. A series of bloody attacks across the country, including the three provincial capitals by the terrorist groups, shook the nation. More than 122 people, including women and children, were killed, and at least (...)
More than 80 people died in a Pakistan terror attack last night – where exactly is the hashtag and the solidarity? The lack of political attention and media reporting of recent events shows how hypocritically we ignore terror victims in the Middle East.
Last night, a suicide attack on a shrine (...)
Son of assassinated Governor accused of blasphemy for wishing Merry Christmas
Today, January 4, is the death anniversary of former Governor of Punjab Province Salman Taseer, who was killed in broad daylight by his own bodyguard in 2011, for appealing for the pardon of a Christian woman, Asia (...)
AWP demands an immediate arrest of those who sold poisonous alcohol the Christmas community at Toba
Farooq Tariq spokesperson Awami Workers Party said in a statement that the District police officer at Toba Tek Singh ordered that no alcohol should be sold to local Christian community at (...)
Press release
HRCP demands probe into Rabwah raid, assault on Ahmadi worship place
Lahore, December 14: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed grave concern over the deteriorating treatment of Ahmadi citizens both at the hands of those tasked with security as well as the (...)
Final appeal of Christian woman sentenced to death under blasphemy laws delayed over judge’s involvement in related case.
The long-awaited final appeal of a Christian woman sentenced to death under Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy laws has been adjourned after a judge said he could not hear (...)
Outpouring of grief across Pakistan as famed musician Amjad Sabri is killed in Taliban gun attack on car.
One of Pakistan’s most famous and respected musicians, celebrated for devotional songs from a centuries-old mystic tradition, has been shot dead by Taliban gunmen in Karachi.
Amjad Sabri, (...)
Christian leaders demand protection after the suicide attack on Easter Sunday in Lahore, Pakistan. According to the latest reports, at least 74 people, both Christians and Muslims were killed, including 29 children. Over 370 people were injured in the blast on 27 March, at Gulshan Iqbal Park in (...)
The bombing in Lahore targeted the Christians, but also the children and the Muslims sharing together a popular place of conviviality. The similarity in targets and modality reminds us of earlier events in Brussels and Paris.
The suicidal attack committed in Lahore, one of the main cities of (...)
PAKISTAN/UNITED KINGDOM: An Ahmadi brutally killed in Scotland, with head stamped on
ISSUES: Freedom of religion and belief, religious intolerance, hate, violence against religious minorities, judicial system
Dear Friends,
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned from the UK (...)
PRESS RELEASE
AWP: STRENGTHEN CIVILIAN INSTITUTIONS AND REFORM CURRICULUM TO COMBAT TERRORISM
March 30, 2016
ISLAMABAD: The Awami Workers Party (AWP) has called on the government to end its knee-jerk policy of reacting to terrorist violence in Pakistan by handing over additional (...)
Pakistan: Easter massacre
Dawn - 30 March 2016
by Mahir Ali
THERE are times when it is possible to be shocked and horrified without entirely being surprised. Sunday’s atrocity in Lahore falls into that category. The mass murder in a public park, evidently aimed primarily at Christians (...)
A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission
PAKISTAN: Massacre in Lahore demonstrates the collapse of rule of law
Nuclear armed Pakistan is falling into the hands of Islamic militants who continually threaten India and other neighbouring countries with nuclear power.
The Asian Human (...)
PAKISTAN via Labour Education Foundation (LEF) “Trade unions, student unions, women rights NGOs, people’s movements have to come together to save our society.”
’In Pakistan we need to have a very clear policy by the state to fight the ideology of extremism and militancy. There should be pubic (...)
Lahore park bombing: authorities search for militants behind attack that killed more than 70
Pakistani Taliban faction Jamaat ul-Ahrar says Christians were target of bomb that killed 72 and injured 280 in park thronged with families
Pakistani authorities were on Monday searching for fighters (...)
AWP Press Statment on Another Attack by Far Right on Christians and Democracy in Pakisatn Haryali ko aankhen tarsen bagiya lahoo luhan Pyar ke geet sunaoon kis ko shehar hue weeran Bagiya lahoo luhan – Habib Jalib In the past many years, the Awami Workers Party has mourned and condemned many (...)
After Five Years of Former Governor Salman Taseer’s murder, his Killer Mumtaz Qadri Hanged 29 February 2016 - Mumtaz Qadri, a hardliner and self-confessed killer, who killed the former governor of Punjab Salman Taseer, a vocal politician, was hanged today in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail at 4.30, (...)
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