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PAKISTAN: Judges frightened to do justice in blasphemy cases
The threat from extremists means judges in Pakistan are too afraid to acquit Christians falsely accused of…
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PAKISTAN: Asia Bibi – ‘Please help kidnapped girls’
Asia Bibi – the first woman to be sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan – has…
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PAKISTAN: Maira receives death threats
A 14-year-old Christian girl in Pakistan has received death threats from the man she accuses of rape…
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PAKISTAN: ‘Police said, if we didn’t convert to Islam we’d face prison’
A man, who spent nearly five years in prison in Pakistan, has described how police tortured him…
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PAKISTAN: Escape from the house of hell
• 14-year-old Maira tells of being drugged, raped and blackmailed…
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PAKISTAN: Minorities denied housing in Muslim areas
Hard-liners in Pakistan are forcing Christians out of Muslim neighbourhoods and refusing to give them lodgings, according…
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PAKISTAN: Breakthrough for Maira
A Christian mother in Pakistan has achieved a significant breakthrough in her struggle to win back her…
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PAKISTAN: Court hope for abducted Catholic girl
ACN News Briefing The abductors of 15-year-old Catholic girl Huma Younus have been ordered to appear in…
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PAKISTAN: A lifeline for those on the breadline
A progress report on emergency aid dispatched at the height of the lockdown in Pakistan shows how…
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PAKISTAN: Kidnapped Christian girl now pregnant from rape
A kidnapped Christian girl in Pakistan has phoned her parents to say she is pregnant after being…
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PAKISTAN: Grand Mufti’s Fatwa of hope
A Christian family in Pakistan fighting for the return of a 14-year-old girl reportedly abducted from her…
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BLOG: Time for a rethink on UK overseas aid
Be it in Iraq, Syria, Pakistan or Nigeria, project partners of Aid to the Church in Need…