Category: Pakistan

Pakistan Christians in fear after double murder

Two Christian  brothers, who were chained together, were gunned down by two suspected Muslim militant gunmen.

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Posted in Pakistan, Persecution on Jul 22nd, 2010, 10:00 pm by admin  

Pakistan: Christian sentenced to life under ‘blasphemy’ law

A young Christian shopkeeper was sentenced to a life term in prison and fined more than $1,000 last week following a dubious conviction of desecrating the Quran, according to Pakistan’s National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP).

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Posted in Pakistan, Persecution on Jan 29th, 2010, 1:04 pm by admin  

Gojra riots: Christian minority feels insecure

The attack on Christian families in Gojra in central Pakistan, the culmination of several days of rioting over a claim that a Koran had been defiled, shows how insecure life is for the tiny Christian minority in the country.

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Posted in Pakistan, Persecution on Aug 4th, 2009, 10:29 pm by admin  3 comments

Pakistan: Eight Christians burned alive in Punjab

Pakistani special forces have taken control of the town of Gojra (Punjab) after yesterday’s bloody episode in which at least 8 people - including 4 women and a child of 7 years - were burned alive and 20 others wounded.

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Posted in Pakistan, Persecution on Aug 2nd, 2009, 8:01 pm by admin  

Easter in Pakistan: from full churches to prison missions

About one million Catholics live in the country, 1% of the population.

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Posted in Pakistan, Persecution on Apr 10th, 2009, 12:44 pm by admin  

Pakistan Christian dies in prison; police attacks reported

A Pakistani widow wanted to know Monday, April 6, why authorities allegedly let her imprisoned Christian husband die of asthma in Pakistan’s Punjab province, while a father there complained that his Christian son was detained on “false” charges.

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Posted in Pakistan, Persecution on Apr 10th, 2009, 12:26 pm by admin  

Pakistan custody battle over kidnapped Christian girl

Human rights lawyers of two underage sisters who already won a custody battle over a 10-year-old girl, prepared Saturday, October 25, to also regain custody of her elder sister, after reports the girls were raped and coerced into embracing Islam.
The decision to pursue further court action in Pakistan’s Punjab province, seeking custody of 13-year-old Saba […]

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Posted in Pakistan, Persecution on Oct 26th, 2008, 3:41 pm by admin  

Pakistan: Christian leader urges UN intervention for halting anti-Christian violence in India

Condemning the egregiously shocking mistreatment of religious minorities in India, the Chief of the All Pakistan Minorities Alliance (APMA) and a member of National Assembly, Shahbaz Bhatti, has called upon the United Nations to ensure protection of lives and properties of minorities in India.

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Posted in Pakistan, Persecution on Oct 26th, 2008, 3:28 pm by admin  

Pakistan: Partial victory seen in ruling on kidnapped girls

Christian human rights lawyers in Pakistan saw a partial legal victory in a judge’s ruling last week that one of two kidnapped girls be returned to her Christian parents.

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Posted in Pakistan on Oct 22nd, 2008, 5:39 pm by admin  

Pakistan: Catholic girls’ school latest casuality of violence

A Catholic-run girls’ school in Swat, North-West Frontier Province, was bombed yesterday by Pakistani Taliban.

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Posted in Pakistan, Persecution on Oct 22nd, 2008, 5:24 pm by admin