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PAKISTAN: New demands for release of death-row Christian accused of blasphemy
Like Asia Bibi, Sawan Masih was sentenced to death – despite problems with the testimony against him…
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PAKISTAN: Asia Bibi Supreme Court decision could be good news for all blasphemy victims
By refusing to back down in its decision to acquit Asia Bibi, Pakistan’s Supreme Court has sent…
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PAKISTAN: More than 200 cases of Christians on blasphemy charges
There have been more than 200 cases of Christians in Pakistan charged with blasphemy – the controversial…
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PAKISTAN: Education liberating the country’s Christians from poverty
With illiteracy forcing thousands of Christians to work in slave-like conditions across Pakistan, a leading Catholic charity…
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PAKISTAN: Asia Bibi is Free
Asia Bibi has been freed from prison after spending eight years on death row for blasphemy, according…
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PAKISTAN: “Help us leave” pleads Asia Bibi’s family
“We no longer have even anything to eat…” With Asia Bibi and her family fearing for their…
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PAKISTAN: Asia Bibi’s family thanks God for her acquittal
Asia daughter says “I can’t wait to hug my mother” Asia Bibi’s husband and daughter have today…
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UK: Pray for my mother’s release
The daughter of a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan broke down in tears…
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PAKISTAN-UK: Asia Bibi acquittal could be close, says family
The family of a Christian woman fighting a death sentence in Pakistan believe the country’s Supreme Court…
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UK: Asia Bibi’s family to speak at ACN events
The husband and daughter of Asia Bibi, the first woman to be sentenced to death for blasphemy…
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UK: Special Pakistan blasphemy guests to join events line-up
A father and daughter from Pakistan will be coming to the UK to give first-hand testimony about…
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PAKISTAN: Authorities are failing Christian women threatened with rape and death, says Catholic solicitor
Courts and police are not protecting the rights of religious minorities A female Catholic solicitor from Pakistan…