Atheists in Pakistan fearful as crackdowns on digital blasphemy continue

May 23, 2022

Islamabad [Pakistan], May 23 : Blasphemy arrests and mob violence continue to escalate in Pakistan as blasphemy laws are leading to the erasure of...

Pakistan: Viral video leads to blasphemy charges against school owner, maid

Aug 13, 2024

In Pakistan, a school owner and her maid in Punjab face blasphemy charges after a viral video allegedly showed them desecrating Quran pages, sparking...

Pakistan: Mob attacks police station in Islamabad to lynch man detained on blasphemy charges

May 18, 2021

Islamabad [Pakistan], May 18 : Amid international condemnation of Pakistan's draconian blasphemy laws, a mob of villagers attacked a police station in Islamabad in...

Pakistan: HRFP demands protection and justice for blasphemy victim

Feb 20, 2024

Younas Masih (68) was accused of blasphemy in Khurrianwala village in Pakistan's Faisalabad.

US rights commission calls on Pakistan to repeal blasphemy laws

Mar 31, 2021

Washington DC [US], March 31 : USCIRF Commissioner Johnnie Moore has asked Pakistan to repeal its blasphemy laws following a local court's decision to...

Human Rights Watch urges Pakistan to quash longstanding blasphemy case of academic Junaid Hafeez

Feb 27, 2026

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Pakistani authorities to quash the decades-long blasphemy conviction of academic Junaid Hafeez, who has been held in...