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  • Religious minorities need help, active protection, say advocates

    Religious minorities need help, active protection, say advocates

    • Nov 22, 2020

    Religious minorities are highly vulnerable during conflicts, often exposed to grave violence, and require active protection and assistance, religious freedom advocates said during the 2020 Ministerial to Advance Freedom of Religion or Belief, sponsored by the U.S. State Department and hosted by Poland.

    By Dale Gavlak
  • Report gives Pakistan failing grade on human rights

    Report gives Pakistan failing grade on human rights

    • May 1, 2020

    An annual human rights report released this week gives Pakistan a failing grade, charging that too little is being done to protect the country’s most vulnerable, including women and children.

    By Kathy Gannon
  • Indian celebrities protest attacks on dissent, minorities

    Indian celebrities protest attacks on dissent, minorities

    • Jul 24, 2019

    Dozens of Indian celebrities have asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and stop rising incidents of attacks on minorities, misuse of religion by Hindu hard-liners and intolerance against dissent in the country.

    By Ashok Sharma
  • Church in Pakistan expresses concern over recent violence against minorities

    Church in Pakistan expresses concern over recent violence against minorities

    • 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.

    By Nirmala Carvalho
  • Expert sees Asia Bibi acquittal fueling push for ‘rule of law’ in Pakistan

    • Jan 30, 2019

    Following Tuesday’s “definitive” acquittal of Asia Bibi, an illiterate Catholic mother of four who spent almost a decade on death row on blasphemy charges, one Asia expert says the next frontier for minorities in Pakistan is the press for full equality as citizens under the law.

    By Elise Harris
  • Pope Francis meets with Nobel Peace prize winner Nadia Murad

    Pope Francis meets with Nobel Peace prize winner Nadia Murad

    • Dec 21, 2018

    Pope Francis met Thursday with the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad, a survivor of ISIS enslavement and an advocate for human rights and persecuted Iraqi minorities.

    By Courtney Grogan
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