Italian Parliamentarians, activists demand action over Christian persecution in Pakistan

Jul 26, 2024, at 11:52 pm

The Association of Pakistani Christians in Italy in collaboration with the Jubilee Campaign, Netherlands, recently called upon the international community, including the  European Parliamentarians, to use diplomatic channels to ensure legislative reforms to address the persecution of the Christian community in Pakistan.

Christian group members demonstrate outside European Parliament against treatment of minorities in Pakistan, abuse of blasphemy laws 

Nov 11, 2023, at 11:50 pm

The European Pakistani Christian Action Committee members recently protested outside the European Parliament in France against the abuse of blasphemy laws and other discrimination against minority communities in Pakistan.

Pakistan: TTP threatens Shia population in Sindh

Oct 06, 2023, at 09:59 pm

Tehreek-e-Taliban, Pakistan (TTP) leader Omar Khorasani vide Ghazi Media Network issued a threat letter to the Shia population of Sindh province of the harshest actions for making blasphemous comments against the companions of Prophet Muhammad.

Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan forcing Christians, Hindus in Pakistan to embrace Islam

Sep 21, 2023, at 06:36 pm

Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), a far-right Islamic political party in Pakistan, is forcing Hindus and Christians in the country to convert themselves to Islam.

UNHRC: Pakistani Christian activist highlights mistreatment of minorities

Sep 19, 2023, at 11:44 pm

A Christian human rights activist recently exposed the way Pakistan is mistreating them and even using the national security law to persecute minority communities.

Pakistan: Ahmadiyya community members claim police desecrated two of their worshipping places in Gujrat, Sheikhupura

Sep 02, 2023, at 11:20 pm

Police personnel allegedly desecrated two worshipping places in the  Ahmadiyya community in the past two days in Pakistan's Gujrat and Sheikhupura districts, media reports said.

Jaranwala violence:Pakistani Christians demonstrate in London, demands better protection for community

Aug 24, 2023, at 01:56 am

Pakistani Christians demonstrated outside the country's High Commission in London recently against the violence in Jaranwala region when attackers set several churches on fire.

Pakistan: Police arrest eight Ahmadi community members for preaching their beliefs in Lahore

Aug 23, 2023, at 05:27 am

Lahore police have arrested eight members of the Ahmadi community for allegedly preaching their beliefs in the Badami Bagh area of the Pakistani city.

Pakistan: Protesters demand stern action against Jaranwala rioters

Aug 23, 2023, at 05:16 am

Members of the Christian community on Sunday demonstrated against the burning of churches and houses in Jaranwala area of Pakistan's Punjab region and demanded action against the people involved in the incident.

Independent UN expert says ‘tsunami of hate’ targeting minorities must be tackled

Mar 16, 2021, at 09:59 pm

New York: Social media has too often been used with “relative impunity” to spread hate, prejudice and violence against minorities, an independent UN human right expert said on Monday, calling for an international treaty to address the growing scourge.

‘Imminent’ Iran execution must be halted, urges UN human rights office

Jan 30, 2021, at 03:42 pm

New York: The imminent execution in Iran of a man who was allegedly tortured into confessing that he belonged to a jihadist group must be stopped, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday.

Chinese authority forcing ethnic minority laborers in Xinjiang to pick cotton

Dec 28, 2020, at 05:13 pm

Washington: A report has unveiled that the Chinese government is coercing hundreds of thousands of rural workers to carry out the grueling labour of handpicking cotton in the controversial Uyghur region of the country.

China pressing minorities into mould of a new 'single nation-state': Report

Dec 02, 2020, at 04:54 pm

Beijing: President Xi Jinping's government is promoting a less tolerant pan-Chinese identity that is pressing minorities into the mould of a new 'single nation-state', reports Asia Times.

UN must intervene to protect minorities from persecution in Pakistan: Activist Anila Gulzar

Sep 27, 2020, at 12:45 am

Geneva: Rights activist from Pakistan Anila Gulzar has urged the United Nations to intervene and protect the rights of minorities in the south Asian nation.

Pakistan: European think tank flags human rights situation in Balochistan in latest report

Aug 23, 2020, at 05:25 pm

Brussels: The European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) has highlighted findings by the Pakistan Human Rights Commission (HRCP) where it stated that enforced disappearances and missing persons remain a major issue in the Balochistan region of the country.

Experts discuss Pakistan’s role in ever-worsening condition of minorities in the South Asian country

Jun 20, 2020, at 09:36 pm

New Delhi: When the world is witnessing growing Covid-19 outbreak, several Indian experts assembled online on Friday to discuss the ever-worsening condition of minorities in Pakistan whose numbers are going down significantly over the years. 

National Commission for Human Rights still non-functional after more than a year in Pakistan

Jun 03, 2020, at 03:57 pm

Islamabad: Despite torture inflicted on minorities being reported from different parts of the country every now and then, the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) of Pakistan has been non-functional for more than a year now.

Pakistan govt allegedly follows discrimination in giving ration to minorities, Christian woman claims she was asked to read 'Kalma'

Apr 08, 2020, at 06:44 pm

Islamabad/IBNS: A shocking tale of discrimination by PM Imran Khan-led government has come to fore during the COVID-19 crisis in Pakistan where certain families, belonging to the religious minority communities, have claimed that the ration is being distributed in a certain region of the country selectively.

Myanmar must address ‘serious’ human rights violations against minorities – UN rights chief

Jun 21, 2016, at 04:51 am

New York, June 20 (Just Earth News): Issuing a new report on the situation of minorities in Myanmar, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has urged the Government to take concrete steps to end the “systemic discrimination” and ongoing human rights violations against minority communities, particularly the Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state.

Minorities face discrimination at every turn in criminal justice systems: UN expert

Oct 29, 2015, at 03:23 pm

New York, Oct 29 (IBNS): In criminal justice processes worldwide, minorities face discrimination ranging from excessive and sometimes lethal use of force, torture by police, to longer periods of stay in pre-trial detention, discrimination during judicial procedures and biases influencing sentencing, according to the UN human rights expert on minority issues.