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15 countries cited for religious freedom violations
WASHINGTON (RNS) It can be hard to come up with a list of countries with the most egregious records on religious freedom when some of the world’s worst offenders aren’t even nation states.
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Beyond Boko Haram: The Lethal Persecution of Nigeria’s Christians
Regina Luka lost her husband and two children, ages 2 and 4, in Feb.
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Pakistani court overturns Younis Masih’s ‘blasphemy’ conviction, Death Sentence
A court in Pakistan today overturned the death sentence of a Christian convicted under Pakistan’s “blasphemy” laws and ordered him released, according to an advocacy group.
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Case against Rimsha Masih to be reopened
By Dan Wooding Founder of ASSIST Ministries ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (ANS) – Following the recent savage violence against Christians in a poverty-stricken Lahore ghetto on Saturday, March 9 during which a frenzied Muslim mob ...
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Islamic mobs destroy Christian area of Lahore, Pakistan
Muslim mobs attack a Christian area of Lahore after blasphemy allegation.
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Pastor in Pakistan released on bail after mistaken blasphemy accusation
In a rare instance in Pakistan, a judge granted bail to a pastor accused of blaspheming Islam because the complainant admitted that he had mistakenly accused him, attorneys said.
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Blasphemy appeal for Pakistani Christian adjourned until February
Younis Masih, a Pakistani Christian, who was sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy – he had asked some Muslims to “turn down the music” of a Muslim religious song -- and has been suffering in prison for more than seven years...
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Pakistan Supreme Court confirms decision to drop blasphemy case
The Pakistan Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out an appeal to reopen a blasphemy case against a 14-year-old Christian girl, who had been accused of burning verses from the Koran
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Disappearances, forced conversions of Christian women ongoing in Pakistan
Rebecca Masih, a young Christian health worker, was on her way to work when she was kidnapped by armed men in Sukkur, a city in Sindh province, on October 2. Rebecca's disappearance marked the third documented abduction of a Ch...
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Rimsha and family will stay in Pakistan, lawyer says
Rimsha Masih and her family will remain in Pakistan after her legal ordeal is over, one of her lawyers says.