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  1. danieldemol

    Chechnya: Escaped gay men sent back by Russian police

    'Two gay Chechen men who fled to Russia after allegedly being tortured have been returned to Chechnya and are in "mortal danger", a rights group says. The Russian LGBT Network said Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isayev had been seized and returned by Russian police. The group said it helped the...
  2. danieldemol

    Israeli settlers attack Palestinian homes with petrol bombs

    'Israeli settlers attack Palestinian homes with petrol bombs January 22, 2021 at 3:26 pm 'Israeli settlers threw petrol bombs at two Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank village of Burin, near Nablus, on Thursday evening, Wafa has reported. When local residents rushed to try to...
  3. danieldemol

    ‘Appalling’: World leaders blast Russia over Navalny arrest

    'Alexey Navalny has been arrested at a Moscow airport as he tried to enter the country from Germany, where he had spent five months recovering from an alleged nerve agent poisoning that he blamed on the Kremlin. The Kremlin critic’s detention on Sunday at passport control in Moscow’s...
  4. danieldemol

    US comission demands release of Pakistani Ahmadi woman jailed for blasphemy

    US Comission demands release of Pakistani Ahmadi woman jailed for blasphemy, calls for end to such laws. 'The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has called on Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to release 55-year-old Ramazan Bibi, an Ahmadi woman in jail since last year...
  5. danieldemol

    Pakistan court sentences three to death for blasphemy

    'An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has handed death sentences to three people for social media posts deemed insulting to Prophet Muhammad under the country’s blasphemy laws. A fourth accused, a college teacher, was sentenced to 10 years in jail for a “blasphemous” lecture he had delivered in...
  6. danieldemol

    Pakistan Threatens Google, Wikipedia for Sharing ‘Sacrilegious Content’ Online

    'Islamabad, December 26: Pakistan has reportedly threatened internet giants Google and Wikipedia and have sent notice to them over 'sacrilegious content' which comprises of content like caricatures of Prophet Mohammed and an 'unauthentic' version of the Quran- the Holy Book of the Muslims...
  7. danieldemol

    Yemen: Leader of Baha’is in Yemen complains of ‘systematic’ Houthi repression

    'The leader of the Baha’i religious minority in Yemen has accused the Iran-backed Houthis of systematic repression against his group since seizing power in late 2014. Hamed bin Haydara told Al-Sharea daily newspaper that Yemen’s Baha’is had undergone unprecedented, increasing levels of...
  8. danieldemol

    Christian girl, 14, threatened by Islamist death squads in Pakistan for fleeing forced marriage

    Christian girl, 14, is being threatened by Islamist death squads in Pakistan for fleeing forced marriage to Muslim man, 45 - as thousands sign petition to give her asylum 'Catholic altar server Maira Shahbaz is hiding after being accused of apostasy Over 9,000 have signed petition asking PM...
  9. danieldemol

    G20 leaders must urge Saudi Arabia to release prisoners: Amnesty

    'Member states of the Group of 20 (G20) meeting during this week’s virtual summit hosted by Saudi Arabia must call on the kingdom to release its jailed women’s rights activists, Amnesty International has said. In a statement released on Thursday, the United Kingdom-based rights group said...
  10. danieldemol

    Christian mother, son killed in Pak over alleged blasphemous remarks

    Pakistan: 'In a report filed by Shabbir Masih with the local police, he stated that his wife Yasmeen Masih and son Usman Masih were killed by their neighbour Hussain Shakoor in Hussain Kathore village located in Ahmad Nagar area of Gujranwala district after a heated argument between Yasmeen and...
  11. danieldemol

    Pakistan National Bank manager shot dead by security guard over 'blasphemy'

    'A security guard in a state-run National Bank in Pakistan's Punjab province shot a senior manager on Wednesday over allegations of 'blasphemy'. Malik Imran Hanif, manager of the mulitinational commercial bank's Quaidabad tehsil was shot by Ahmed Nawazn, the security guard and a retired Army...
  12. danieldemol

    Swiss government rejects call to abolish the crime of blasphemy

    'Last week, Switzerland’s parliament rejected by 115 votes to 48 a proposal to abolish the crime of blasphemy in Switzerland. Beat Flach proposed the motion, arguing that defining blasphemy as a crime places limits on free speech. We should not punish people for criticising religion, believes...
  13. danieldemol

    U.N. says Israel's "unlawful demolition" of Palestinian village leaves 41 kids homeless

    'United Nations — Israeli forces sent demolition vehicles this week to bulldoze a Palestinian village, leaving some 70 civilians, including 41 children, homeless, the United Nations said. It was part of the largest forced displacement carried out by the Israeli government in years, according to...
  14. danieldemol

    Bangladesh: Hindu households vandalized, torched in Comilla

    'More than 10 Hindu households were vandalized and torched in Comilla after a man reportedly showed support for France defending cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed (pbuh) on Facebook... ... According to locals, Shankar Debnath, a local of the village, on Saturday, reportedly commented on a...
  15. danieldemol

    Iran: Ayatollah's office shut down after he breaks with convention

    Iran --Shiite Cleric Kamal al-Haydari undated. 'The unconventional pronouncements of a Qom-based senior cleric, Kamal al-Haydari, about Shiite jurisprudence and jurists, have once again infuriated state-recognized "Ayatollahs" and traditional clergies close to the Iranian government. Born in...
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    Muslim man sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan

    'Lahore, Oct 21 (PTI) A Pakistani court on Wednesday sentenced a Muslim man to death and imposed a fine of USD 3,085 on him for blasphemy in the country’s Punjab province. Amin, a resident of Layyah district which is some 400 kms from here, was arrested a few years ago on his neighbour’s...
  17. danieldemol

    Mauritania: Free Activists Held on Blasphemy Charges Detained for 8 Months

    'Update: The Nouakchott West Criminal Court on October 20, 2020, found all five detained men guilty of “violating the sanctity of God” based on Article 306 of Mauritania’s Penal Code and sentenced them to between six and eight month prison terms, and fines of 2,000 Ouguiya (US$53) and 15,000...
  18. danieldemol

    Pakistani court acquits Christian man on death row for blasphemy

    'Islamabad, Pakistan – A Pakistani appeals court has acquitted a Christian man who spent about seven years in jail on the accusation of blasphemy, a charge that led to communal rioting that saw more than 120 houses in a Christian-majority area in Lahore city burned down by an enraged mob in...
  19. danieldemol

    Outrage as Nigeria sentences 13-year-old boy to 10 years prison for blasphemy

    'Child rights agency UNICEF has condemned the sentencing of a 13-year-old boy to 10 years in prison for blasphemy in northern Nigeria. Omar Farouq was convicted in a Sharia court in Kano State in northwest Nigeria after he was accused of using foul language toward Allah in an argument with a...
  20. danieldemol

    Nigerian singer sentenced to death for blasphemy in Kano state

    'A musician in Nigeria's northern state of Kano has been sentenced to death by hanging for blaspheming against the Prophet Muhammad. An upper Sharia court in the Hausawa Filin Hockey area of the state said Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, 22, was guilty of committing blasphemy for a song he circulated via...
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