Amnesty International Australia
Defending Human Rights
Responding to reports that an eight-year-old Hindu boy in Bhong village in Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab has been charged with blasphemy – which can carry a mandatory death penalty – after he was alleged to have urinated in the library of a madrasa (religious school) where religious texts were kept, prompting a mob attack on a local Hindu temple, …
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In addition to this release, Pakistani activist M Aman Ullah who now resides in Australia, is available for comment. Aman has worked closely with lawyers for Shagufta and Shafqat and to bring attention to their case on a global stage.“In Pakistan blasphemy is a criminal offence which carries with it the death penalty. However, often, before that death penalty can even …
Amnesty International holds grave concerns for Shafqat Emmanuel and Shagufta Kausar, a Christian couple who were convicted of ‘blasphemy’ in Pakistan and sentenced to death in 2014. They have been in prison for the better part of eight years waiting for their appeal hearing, when they should not be in jail in the first place. …
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The Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan is increasingly under threat after a surge in targeted killings since July 2020. The Ahmadiyya community has long-been victimised by the discriminatory policies of Pakistan, borne from broad religious intolerance to the sect of Islam across the country. Today, Ahmadi individuals are subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention, and charges on …
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