Appeal for Pakistani Couple Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy Delayed by COVID-19April 13, 2020 — 04/13/2020 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – The High Court appeal for a Christian couple in Pakistan, sentenced to death under the country’s notorious blasphemy laws, was delayed last week due...
Couple Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy in Pakistan Soon to Receive Appeal DecisionMarch 3, 2020 — 03/03/2020 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – According to local reports, the final decision in the appeal of Shafqat Emmanuel and Shagufta Kausar is scheduled to be read by the Lahore...
University Lecturer in Pakistan Sentenced to Death on Blasphemy ChargesDecember 27, 2019 — 12/27/2019 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – On December 21, Junaid Hafeez, a Muslim lecturer at the University of Bahauddin Zakriya in Multan, was sentenced to death by a trial court...
Pakistani Christians Ten Times More Likely to be Accused of BlasphemyDecember 14, 2019 — 12/14/2019 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – Release International, an organization that supports persecuted Christians around the world, reports that Christians in Pakistan are ten times more likely to be accused...
Christian Leaders in Pakistan Condemn Attempted Desecration of QuranNovember 26, 2019 — 11/26/2019 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – On November 16, a group called ‘Stop the Islamization of Norway’ staged a protest and attempted to burn a copy of the Quran in...
Indonesia to Expand Country’s Blasphemy LawsNovember 2, 2019 — 11/02/2019 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – New legislation in Indonesia is moving the country in a concerning direction for the various indigenous and minority faiths that call the Indonesian Archipelago...
Pakistani Christian Narrowly Escapes False Blasphemy ChargeOctober 29, 2019 — 10/29/2019 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – On Saturday, October 26, Amir Masih, a Christian sanitation worker from Yousafabad, a small town near Faisalabad, was falsely accused of blasphemy. Fortunately, after...
Pakistan’s Supreme Court Acquits Man Accused of Blasphemy After 18 Years in PrisonSeptember 30, 2019 — 09/30/2019 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – Last Wednesday, September 25, the Supreme Court of Pakistan acquitted a man accused of blasphemy after he spent 18 years in prison. According to...
Riots Breakout in Pakistan After Hindu Teacher is Accused of BlasphemySeptember 16, 2019 — 09/16/2019 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – Riots broke out in Pakistan’s Sindh province after a Hindu principal was accused of committing blasphemy against Islam. Both the teacher and rioters have...
Asia Bibi Calls Attention to Other Blasphemy Cases in PakistanSeptember 3, 2019 — 09/03/2019 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman formally sentenced to death under Pakistan’s notorious blasphemy laws, has called attention to other blasphemy cases in her...
Expert Claims 70 People Have Been Killed by Pakistan’s Notorious Blasphemy LawsJuly 28, 2019 — 07/28/2019 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – In an interview with the Catholic News Service (CNS), Peter Jacob, the Executive Director of the Center for Social Justice in Pakistan, claimed that...
Son of Slain Governor Claims ‘There are 200 More Asia Bibis’ in PakistanJuly 20, 2019 — 07/20/2019 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – Shaan Taseer, son of the assassinated Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer, claimed that there are more than 200 people imprisoned in Pakistan under blasphemy charges....
High Court Appeal for Paskitani Pastor Accused of Blasphemy Postponed for the Seventh TimeJuly 17, 2019 — 07/17/2019 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – On June 18, Zafar Bhatti, a Christian pastor who was falsely accused of blasphemy in 2013, had his High Court appeal postponed for the...
Pakistani Pastor Acquitted of Blasphemy ChargesJuly 15, 2019 — 07/15/2019 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) - Jadoon Masih, a Pentecostal pastor who was arrested two years ago on charges of blasphemy, was acquitted on July 12, 2019 by the High...
55-Year-Old Christian Falsely Accused of Committing Blasphemy in PakistanJuly 13, 2019 — 07/13/2019 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – A 55-year-old Christian named Saleem Masih was accused of blasphemy in Khanewal, located in Pakistan’s Punjab Province, on June 13. Sources reached by International...
19-Year-Old Christian Boy Arrested for Blasphemy in PakistanJuly 11, 2019 — 07/11/2019 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – On 29 June, 2019, a 19-year-old Christian boy was falsely accused of blasphemy and arrested on a cricket field behind his friend’s home in...
