Religious Freedom Conditions in Pakistan Continue to Worsen

April 26, 2021 — 04/26/2021 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released their 2021 report last Wednesday making their official recommendations to the Department of State...

Pakistani Prime Minister Says Removing French Ambassador Would Hurt Pakistan

April 22, 2021 — 04/21/2021 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan issued a statement on television responding to the growing unrest surrounding the French Ambassador to Pakistan. The Ambassador came...

Authorities in Pakistan Block Press Conference Regarding Blasphemy Accusations

April 18, 2021 — 04/18/2021 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – According to the Union of Catholic Asian News (UCAN), Christian leaders in Pakistan were blocked from holding a press conference regarding the arrest of...

Christian Leaders in Pakistan Meet with Police Regarding Blasphemy Accusation Against Nurses

April 13, 2021 — 04/13/2021 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – According to the Union of Catholic Asian News (UCAN), Christian leaders in Pakistan are working with police authorities in Pakistan to resolve communal tensions...

Algerian Blasphemy Charges Continue

April 12, 2021 — 04/12/2021 Algeria (International Christian Concern) – Algerian Christian Slimane Bouhafs served nearly two years in prison on blasphemy charges before seeking asylum in Tunisia. Now, he is seeking refuge yet again...

Two Christian Nurses in Pakistan Falsely Accused of Blasphemy by Muslim Coworker

April 9, 2021 —

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Mob Shuts Down Hospital Calling for Christians to be Hanged 04/09/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that...

Christians in Pakistan Call on Courts to Stop Misuse of Blasphemy Laws

March 28, 2021 — 03/28/2021 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – According to the Union of Catholic Asian News (UCAN), Christian human rights activists in Pakistan are urging courts to reject mandatory death sentences in...

From Life to Death – Sentence

March 24, 2021 — 03/24/2021 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – Sajjad Masih, a member of the Seventh-Day-Adventist Church in the Punjab Province in Pakistan, sent a controversial text message in 2011. The trial court...

ICC Documents Alarming Rise in Blasphemy Accusations Against Pakistan’s Christian Community In Past Three Months

March 4, 2021 —

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Advocates Remember Shahbaz Bhatti 10 Years After His Brutal Murder

March 3, 2021 — 03/03/2021 United States (International Christian Concern) – Advocates brought together by the Religious Freedom Institute in Washington DC honored the memory of Shahbaz Bhatti, a Pakistani human rights advocate who...

Amnesty International Calls for Release of Christian Couple Sentenced to Death in Pakistan

February 27, 2021 — 02/27/2021 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – Amnesty International has called on the Pakistani government to release a Christian couple sentenced to death under the country’s blasphemy laws. The husband and...

U.S. Foreign Policy towards Pakistan Needs to Include Robust Dialogue on Blasphemy Law

February 26, 2021 — 02/26/2021 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) - As the United States begins to shape its foreign policy objectives under the Biden administration it is critical that religious freedom be kept at...

Pakistani Religious Minority Leaders Criticize Minister Shah Over False Claims of Protecting Religious Freedom

February 25, 2021 — 02/25/2021 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – Pakistan’s Anti-Narcotics minister, Ijaz Shah, came under fire over the weekend over outlandish comments he made during a speech delivered at the centennial of...

Two Christians in Southern India Falsely Accused of Blasphemy

February 20, 2021 — 02/20/2021 India (International Christian Concern) – Earlier this month, two Christians in southern India were falsely accused of blasphemy by radical Hindu nationalists. According to local Christians, the radical nationalists...

Updated Report: The Voiceless Victims of Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws

February 19, 2021 — | Updated February 19, 2021 | According to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom’s (USCIRF) 2018 Factsheet on Blasphemy, roughly one-third of the world’s nations maintain a law,...

Fatwa Issued Against Baseless Blasphemy Accusations in Pakistan

February 16, 2021 — 02/16/2021 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – According to the Union of Catholic Asian News (UCAN), a fatwa was issued in Pakistan against baseless blasphemy accusations, calling for careful inquiries to...