Pakistan introduced a new law on Jan. 28 requiring social media outlets to remove 'unwanted or slanderous' content within 24 hours, and Christians fear it could extend the reach of blasphemy laws that already carry a heavy penalty.
...continue reading this storyA 14-year-old Christian girl kidnapped from her school in Pakistan in January as been restored to her family, but not before receiving severe beatings and being raped by her captors, who are still threatening her family.
...continue reading this storyA High Court in Pakistan has judged that Muslim men may marry underage Christian girls as long as they have had their first menstrual cycle, contravening an earlier law that forbade marriage for any girl under the age of 18 in the face of widespread abductions.
...continue reading this storyA group of Christians in Pakistan accused of killing two Muslims in 2015 in riots that followed Taliban suicide bombings on churches were acquitted last week after paying 'blood money' to the victim families.
...continue reading this storyTwenty-eight Pakistani Christian asylum-seekers were detained in Thailand on December 19, and are facing longer-term detention and separation one from another due to ongoing repairs at the main detention facility in Bangkok.
...continue reading this storyFour policemen disguised as civilians attacked a Christian wedding in Punjab province, Pakistan, damaging homes, hurling abusive slurs at women guests, and registering a case against the Christians involved.
...continue reading this storyNew legislation passed in India's parliament grants citizenship to beleaguered Christian foreigners, among others, but the US Commission on International Religious Freedom says it is a dangerous move.
...continue reading this storyA Christian evangelist in Iran was sentenced to two years of exile in a far-flung region near the border with Pakistan.
...continue reading this storyAsia Bibi, the Christian mother held on death row for 8 years in Pakistan under blasphemy charges, recently gave her first-ever newspaper interview with the Sunday Telegraph.
...continue reading this storyA Christian accused of blasphemy in Pakistan, who spent 5 years in prison for allegedly insulting the prophet Lut, was released and acquitted of charges June 6th.
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