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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-250-2010 December 9, 2010
A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission on the occasion of the Human Rights Day 2010
PAKISTAN: Human Rights Day Government cleverly dodges criticisms of international community on civil and political rights
The State of (…)
Karachi, Pakistan - On 29 November, the Lahore High Court blocked the government from pardoning Aasiya Noreen, a Christian Pakistani woman accused of blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad. A few days earlier, extremist groups protested on the streets of the Pakistani city of Lahore and (…)
Many Christian girls are abducted and forced to convert to Islam. Sometimes local mobs are incited by imams to attack Christians. Now that Pakistan gets more “Islamized” with every passing day, Christians have became more vulnerable to malicious accusations under blasphemy laws.
Yet again, a (…)
November 2, 2010
A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission
PAKISTAN: Statement on Victory of Ms. Asma Jahangir as the President of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
The Asian Human Rights Commission extends its congratulation to Ms. Asma Jahangir and her colleagues for their victory of (…)
PFUJ felicitates victory of Asma Jahangir
ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has congratulated Ms Asma Jahangir on her victory to the top slot of the Supreme Court Bar Association and termed it a victory of the rule of law, human rights, democracy, freedom of (…)
ISLAMABAD, Oct. 30 :- The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has condemned the torture by the security guards of the Lahore Development Authority on a Dunya News team at the behest of its director-general and other senior officials and demanded immediate arrest of all those responsible (…)
By capturing the presidency of Pakistan’s Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), Asma Jahangir has opted to enter the glass house that would expose her to blemishes from her detractors. Already a smear campaign is underway that purports to paint her image in lurid colors. She has been accused of (…)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-208-2010 October 15, 2010
A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission
PAKISTAN: The government wants impunity on its track record of gross violations of human rights
It is diluting the UN ICCPR and CAT by having reservations against many of their (…)
In these times when extremists are brutalizing the society and the meek and timid politico-religious classes can’t speak out against these monsters, anyone who speaks out against them does so at the risk of his life.
The killing spree of the Taliban in Pakistan is not limited to combatants, (…)
Both Shias and Sunnis all over Orakzai suffered atrocities at hands of the Taliban. The Taliban, especially those linked with the Punjab-based anti-Shia groups did everything to divide Orakzai on Shia-Sunni lines. No state help whatsoever was ever provided by the civil or military authorities to (…)
Year 2009 witnessed highest number of blasphemy cases (20 out of 69) since 1990. All cases were reported in the Punjab. Coincidentally, when we look at the number of Madressahs [religious schools] in the country we find 5,355 Madressahs in Punjab, 2,852 in Sindh, 1,242 in the NWFP, 297 in (…)
Two Christian brothers, who were chained together, were gunned down by two suspected Muslim militant gunmen when they left the court under police custody after a trial hearing in Faisalabad city, Punjab province, on July 19 around 1.30pm. Both were immediately taken to Allied Hospital in the (…)
The Sunni-Sunni war reached a peak in 2006 at Nishtar Park, the year the ISI allowed Sipah-e-Sahaba to stage its show of power in Islamabad, senior journalist and Editor Khaled Ahmed responds to some questions by Viewpoint on the post-Data Darbar attack scenario in Lahore and the menace of (…)
Kurrum clashes have left 2000 dead. Lashkar-i-Islam’s dispute with Ansaar-ul-Islam has cost over 500 lives in Khyber Agency.
On July 10, in Afghanistan’s eastern border province of Paktia, gunmen opened fire on a minibus carrying Pakistani tribal people who had crossed into Afghanistan to buy (…)
Unloading the entire blame on a foreign pedestal would be unfair. The sectarian strife in Pakistan, to a larger extent, is a Frankenstein’s monster of its making. However, the Saudi-Iranian rivalry aggravated the Shia-Sunni conflict.
“During my frequent visits to Pakistan in the 1990s, all (…)
City witnessed 120 fatalities during June only due to target killings. Twenty five (25) out of them were political activists belonging to MQM, MQM (H), PPP, and ANP. Karachi lost 256 people to the target killings within last six months of 2009.
“A good man would prefer to be defeated than to (…)
Recently more Christians are facing alleged charges under controversial blasphemy laws in Pakistan. Christian families in Lahore were forced to flee for their safety and at the same time thousands of Muslim protesters demand death sentence for alleged Christian blasphemers in Faisalabad city. (…)
ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-102-2010 14 July 2010
PAKISTAN: The Christian community in Punjab is under threat from extremist groups again; two brothers are illegally charged with blasphemy
ISSUE: Religious minorities; blasphemy (…)
The first bloody attack on a Sufi mazar, or shrine, was a suicidal assault on Imam Bari.With Kabul in Deoband hands, JUI gained a new political leverage in Pakistan. That JUI has been part of every government since 1990 reflects influence it enjoys in the echelons of power
If Pastor Martin (…)
During the last few weeks, three more Christians and a Shia religious leader in Pakistan have been facing blasphemy charges under Pakistan’s discriminatory blasphemy laws, 295 B & C of Pakistan Penal Code for desecrating the Quran and Prophet Muhammad. On May 28, a judge directed Peer (…)
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