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  1. danieldemol

    Poor Christian Pakistani couple languishes on death row for blasphemy

    'An illiterate Catholic couple, Shafqat Emmanuel and Shagfuta Kausar, were charged with blasphemy in 2013 and sentenced to be hanged in 2014. Ever since, they have been in prison. A verdict on their appeal was to have been handed down earlier this month, but it was delayed — again. The innocent...
  2. danieldemol

    3 teens detained pending investigation for blasphemy in Egypt

    'CAIRO - 14 April 2020: Three teenagers were detained on Monday for four days pending investigation for an accusation of blasphemy after they posted a video showing one of them was smoking while performing a prayer. A video went viral on social media, showing a minor was performing an Islamic...
  3. danieldemol

    Pakistan: Sindhi singer Zamin booked for blasphemy

    'KARACHI: Jamshoro police have booked famous Sindhi singer Zamin Ali in a case of blasphemy. The case against the signer was registered by the Kotri Police Station on the complaint of a local shopkeeper Muhammad Ibrahim Mashwani. Mashwani said he ran a shop at Bihar Colony, Kotri and was...
  4. danieldemol

    Yemeni Women Launch Their Own 'Me Too' Online Campaign Against Sexual Harassers

    'A Yemeni woman's initiative to expose a young man, who sexually harassed her friend online, by posting screenshots of his inappropriate messages, ignited a strong reaction on social media, especially after receiving several threats of rape by the young man and his supporters. Translation...
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    Myanmar: Street artist charged with blasphemy for COVID-19 mural

    'A group of artists trying to raise awareness of the COVID-19 pandemic have been charged with blasphemy and subjected to online vitriol from Buddhist hardliners after posting photos of their work to Facebook. Artist Zayar Hnaung apologized online last night, saying he was a Buddhist with no...
  6. danieldemol

    Is the US blocking medical aid to Cuba an act of brutality?

    ‘CUBA has blasted the continuing US economic blockade warning of a “violation of human rights” after a shipment of vital medical aid from China was stopped from reaching the country on Tuesday.’ Read more here: US blocks medical aid to Cuba in show of ‘wild west brutality’ So my question is...
  7. danieldemol

    Sudan Plans to Repeal The Death Penalty for Apostasy

    ‘Sudan Plans to Repeal The Death Penalty for Apostasy Published March 11th, 2020 - 07:38 GMT Highlights The death penalty for apostasy "puts freedom of opinion and belief at risk and undermines social peace and stability", Arabi told The Sudan Tribune. Sudan plans to decriminalise apostasy...
  8. danieldemol

    US presses Yemen's Huthis to drop Baha'i charges

    ‘The United States has urged Yemen's Huthi rebels to drop charges targeting the Baha'i community, which said that 24 believers of the faith will face a new trial session Tuesday. Sam Brownback, the US ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, voiced concern at reports that a...
  9. danieldemol

    Germany: Hanau mourns it’s loved ones murdered in far right attack

    ‘Hanau, Germany - On a nondescript street corner in the centre of Hanau, locals arrived on Thursday afternoon with flowers to pay their respects, placing bouquets on the pavement just under the red and white tape that marked off the scene of the previous night's killings. Behind the police...
  10. danieldemol

    Blasphemy ‘is no crime’, says Macron amid French girl’s anti-Islam row

    ‘Emmanuel Macron has waded into a row over a schoolgirl whose attack on Islam has divided France, insisting that blasphemy is “no crime”. The French president defended the teenager, named only as Mila, who received death threats and was forced out of her school after filming an anti-religious...
  11. danieldemol

    Tunisia: Halt Prosecution of Prominent Activist

    Tunisia: Halt Prosecution of Prominent Activist ‘Tunis) – Tunisian authorities should drop the prosecution of a prominent activist on behalf of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights (LGBT) over a post on Facebook perceived as offensive to Islam. The counterterrorism prosecutor of the...
  12. danieldemol

    ICJ orders Myanmar to protect Rohingya

    ‘The Hague-based International Court of Justice has ordered Myanmar to take emergency measures to prevent genocide of the Rohingya. In a unanimously-ruled order issued by a panel of 17 judges, and read by presiding Judge Abdulaqawi Ahmed Yusuf, the court upheld the provisions of the 1948...
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    Afghanistan: Zaman Ahmadi, in Prison for Blasphemy Since 2012, May Be Released

    ‘A primary court in Afghanistan is expected to release Zaman Ahmadi, a man who was handed a 20-year prison sentence in 2012 for blasphemy. On December 3 last year, the Supreme Court of Afghanistan reversed a 20-year jail sentence for Ahmadi, but their decision must be reviewed by the primary...
  14. danieldemol

    Pakistanis accuse Twitter user of blasphemy for questioning polygamy of Muhammad

    Aneela Ehsan has been accused of blasphemy in Pakistan. ‘In a couple of tweets, Aneela had questioned the conduct of the Prophet and asked why had he married 18 women apart from Khadija. In response, Pakistanis are tagging their Prime Minister Imran Khan in their tweets and demanding that she...
  15. danieldemol

    More Than 80 Polish Towns Have Declared Themselves 'LGBTQ-Free Zones'

    ‘The European Parliament has finally taken a stand against rising state-backed homophobia in Poland, where more than 80 towns have declared themselves “LGBTQ-free zones” amid a heated culture war over gay rights. MEPs voted by 463 votes to 107 Wednesday in favor of a resolution condemning...
  16. danieldemol

    Man claiming to be final prophet gets reported for blasphemy

    ‘The Tana Toraja Indonesia Ulema Council (MUI) in South Sulawesi has issued a fatwa declaring a local organization led by a man named Paruru Daeng Tau, who claims to be the final prophet, a heretical organization. The council filed a police report against the leader alleging blasphemy. Paruru...
  17. danieldemol

    ‘He Showed Us Life’: Japanese Doctor Who Brought Water to Afghans Is Killed

    ‘JALALABAD, Afghanistan — The people he helped called him “Uncle Murad.” Dr. Tetsu Nakamura left his home in Japan in the 1980s to treat leprosy patients in Afghanistan and Pakistan. He later found, however, that severe drought was killing more people than his clinics could save. So he...
  18. danieldemol

    Six Muslim men sentenced to jail, fine for going to waterfall instead of Friday prayers

    ‘KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 — In what is possibly the first case in the country, six male Muslims, including three teenagers, were sentenced to a month in jail and fined over RM2,000 for skipping out on Friday prayers last August 23.’ Read more here: Six Muslim men sentenced to jail, fine for going to...
  19. danieldemol

    Australia: Call to scrap Victoria’s archaic blasphemy laws

    ‘It's time for Victoria to ditch "archaic" blasphemy laws because they favour Christian faiths, a state independent MP says. Upper House Reason Party MP Fiona Patten will table a bill in parliament on Wednesday to abolish the laws, in line with Queensland, WA, New Zealand, Canada and the United...
  20. danieldemol

    Sukarno's daughter accused of blasphemy after comparing father to Prophet Muhammad

    'Sukmawati Soekarnoputri, the daughter of Indonesia’s first president Sukarno, has been accused of blasphemy after purportedly comparing her father to Prophet Muhammad. A mass organization called the Bima Islam Youth Forum reported Sukmawati to the National Police’s Criminal Investigation...
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