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Pakistani Christian voices thanks for freedom, regret for those still behind bars
- Church in Asia
- Sep 2, 2019
Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian woman freed earlier this year after a decade on death row for blasphemy charges, has expressed gratitude for an international campaign to free her as well as regret for those still behind bars under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws.
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No executions, but 70 killings over blasphemy law, says rights activist
- Catholic News Service, Church in Asia
- Jul 22, 2019
Despite the blasphemy law that has roiled Christians in Pakistan, the government has not executed anyone found guilty at trial.
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Church in Pakistan expresses concern over recent violence against minorities
- Church in Asia
- May 30, 2019
A series of violent incidents against religious minorities in Pakistan has been condemned by the social justice arm of the nation’s bishops’ conference.
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Pakistan upholds death for 3, acquits 2 in Christian couple’s killing
- Associated Press, Church in Asia
- May 16, 2019
A Pakistani court has upheld death sentences for three Muslims but acquitted two others in the 2014 mob killing of a Christian couple accused of blasphemy in the eastern city of Lahore.
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Pakistan court grants bail to 2 radical clerics who protested Bibi acquittal
- Associated Press, Church in Asia
- May 14, 2019
A defense lawyer says a Pakistani court has granted a month’s release on bail to two clerics, leaders of a radical party behind widespread protests last year against the acquittal of a Christian woman in a blasphemy case.
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If religious freedom’s a process, why not name the elephant in the room?
- News Analysis
- Feb 6, 2019
It remains to be seen whether, in the future, Pope Francis or one of his successors will present their Muslim hosts with a steeper bill for the photo ops they deliver on trips such as his Feb. 3-5 outing to the United Arab Emirates.
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