blasphemy laws

Pakistan decries EU parliament’s move on blasphemy laws
- May 1, 2021
Pakistan on Friday decried a move by the European Parliament, which a day earlier adopted a resolution demanding Islamabad allow freedom for religious minorities and asked the EU to reconsider the South Asian country’s preferential trade status.

By Munir Ahmed
Polish court acquits activists who put LGBT rainbow on icon
- Mar 2, 2021
A court in Poland on Tuesday acquitted three activists who had been accused of desecration and offending religious feelings for adding the LGBT rainbow to images of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus.

By Vanessa Gera
Shahbaz Bhatti ‘one of the finest Christian leaders we had,’ cardinal says
- Mar 2, 2021
On the 10th anniversary of the assassination of a Pakistani minister Shahbaz Bhatti, known for his advocacy on behalf of religious minorities, the country’s top Catholic leader praised the politician as a champion of human and minority rights.

By Elise Ann Allen

Pakistani court grants bail to Christian in blasphemy case
- Mar 1, 2021
A Pakistani court on Monday granted bail to a Christian man convicted in 2018 while still a teenager of insulting Islam by posting a picture of Islam’s holiest site on social media, a defense lawyer said.

By Babar Dogar

Pakistani couple’s appeal of blasphemy sentence postponed
- Feb 24, 2021
A Pakistani court Wednesday adjourned without hearing a much-awaited appeal from a Christian couple facing the death penalty for the last seven years after being convicted of blasphemy, a defense lawyer said.

By Babar Dogar
Pakistan police seek arrest of 2 Christians over blasphemy
- Feb 17, 2021
Pakistan’s police said Wednesday they were seeking arrest of two Christian men in the eastern city of Lahore on charges they allegedly used insulting remarks against Islam’s holy book and its Prophet Muhammad.

By Associated Press
Asia Bibi criticizes Pakistan blasphemy law as Christian man sentenced to death
- Sep 10, 2020
Nearly two years after her release from prison, and as another Christian man has been sentenced to death in Pakistan, Asia Bibi is calling for the country’s strict blasphemy laws to be changed in order to allow better protection for minorities.

By Elise Ann Allen
Pakistani Muslim accused of insulting Islam killed in court
- Jul 29, 2020
A young Pakistani Muslim walked into a courtroom in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Wednesday and shot and killed a fellow Muslim who was on trial for blasphemy, a police officer said.

By Associated Press