Police arrested Muslim man Azhar Akbar for burning the Bibles and Holy books in Victory Church at Sandha village Kasur. On Wednesday 6th of January when local Christian Siddiqa Bibi went to Church for prayers, she was astonished to see smoke. As she entered the Church she saw a man burning Bibles and Hymns books,…
Samina, a 30-year-old Pakistani Christian woman who fled persecution and was seeking asylum in Thailand, died while being held in a detention centre. Samina was arrested by the Thai authorities on December 20th during a recent crackdown against foreigners who had overstayed their visas. She already had some health serious health issues and told the…
A Pakistani Catholic family have been forced to flee their home after being accused of blasphemy. The allegations were first made against a woman, known only as Salma, claiming that she had referred to an anti-Muslim video on Facebook. Salma told ucanews she got into trouble because she spoke to a Muslim neighbour whom she…
Pakistan’s Supreme Court rejected the application from Mumtaz Qadri who murdered the former governor of Punjab for criticising the country’s controversial blasphemy laws. Qadri, who was working at Salmaan’s bodyguard, gunned him down in January 2011. But a three judge panel rejected his petition, saying that he had confessed to the crime, and been sentenced…
Court documents show that Islamabad’s authorities have cracked down on illegal slums, fearing their growing Christian population will pose a threat to Pakistan’s Muslim majority. Human rights activists have criticised the move by the capital’s development body. In 2014 the Capital Development Authority declared a war against the slums, leaving hundreds homeless. The left-wing Awami…
CLAAS welcomes the recent statement issued by EP president Martin Schulz. He said: “I can assure you that Parliament will make its contribution wherever it can to protect Christians.” The close of the meeting which he organised with vice-president Antonio Tajani, focused on the persecution of Christians around the globe and specific proposals for tackling…
CLAAS has expressed its concern over Pakistan’s position in voting against the United Nations General Assembly resolution for recognising the role of human rights defenders and need for their protection in Pakistan. On 25 November 2015, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution on recognising the role of human rights defenders and the need…
Forcible religious conversions in Pakistan should be declared a crime, the Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights said. The chairperson, Nasreen Jalil, also acknowledged that this is an issue particularly affecting minorities, and that the blasphemy law is being misused. During the meeting – held to consider suggestions to stop the misuse of the blasphemy…
A young Christian girl, Agnes Shaukat, daughter of Shaukat Masih of Lahore Cantt has been missing since November 20. Her family suspect her employer is involved, as according to a rickshaw driver the family hired on a monthly basis to take he to and from the boutique, he dropped her as usual in the morning,…
An Ahmadi place of worship was set on fire one after a Muslim mob burnt down a factory owned by members of the minority community, following one of its employees being accused of blasphemy. After reports surfaced that one of the factory workers had allegedly desecrated the Holy Quran, hundreds of people surrounded it and…
