Woman sentenced to death after forwarding message on social media critical...
By Caleb Campos –
After allegedly insulting the prophet Muhammad on WhatsApp, Shagufta Kiran, a mother of four, was sentenced to death under Pakistan's blasphemy...
Christian man falsely accused, shot by neighbors
By Sandra Marroquín –
A Christian Pakistani man accused of burning one of Islam’s holy books was shot by his neighbors. He died later in...
UN slams Pakistan for human rights abuses
Authorities in Pakistan have failed to curb a range of human rights violations, including a sharp increase in blasphemy-related violence, the UN Human Rights...
Man beaten, stoned to death, falsely accused of blasphemy
In Pakistan and many other persecuted nations, blasphemy laws have served effectively as
a death sentence for Christian minorities. In addition to the obvious legal...
Muslim abducts Christian girl, 12, forces marriage/conversion
A Muslim in Pakistan abducted and forcibly converted and married a 12-year-old Christian
girl as police delayed efforts to recover her, family members said.
Parveen Shaukat,...
One city emerges as capital of false blasphemy charges
By Massimo Introvigne --
On August 12, in the Kasur area of Punjab, police registered a criminal case involving blasphemy charges against two women—one being...
The women who work in the brick kilns in Pakistan
Amid the steady hum of chatter exists a silent symphony of suffering where women toil day
and night to meet not only their brick quota,...
Tourist lynched and burned alive for alleged blasphemy
By Massimo Introvigne --
After the case of Christian Nazir Gil Masih, lynched in Sargodha on May 25 after he was falsely accused of having burned...
Man lynched after accusation of desecrating Qur’an
A man was violently lynched by a mob after he was accused of desecrating the Qur’an in
the Madyan area of the Swat Valley in...
Five Christian sanitation workers die from unsafe conditions
Five Christian sanitation workers in Pakistan have died since Tuesday (June 11) from
inhaling toxic gases, highlighting how they are forced to work without proper...
