Lahore, October 20, 2023, Mishal Rasheed, a 15-year-old Christian girl. Mishal’s life took a tragic turn when she was abducted, sexually assaulted, forcibly converted to Islam, and coerced into marriage with her abductor, Abdul Sattar. On October 25, 2022, tragedy struck as Mishal was abducted from her home while preparing for school. Assailants forcibly entered…
Lahore, Pakistan – September 9, 2023 – The Christian community in Pakistan is enduring a relentless wave of fear and persecution as a surge in blasphemy cases and violent attacks continues to disrupt their lives. This climate of fear has cast a dark shadow over Christians, who live under constant threat of violence and death….
A Christian faces blasphemy charge over social media content On 29 November 2022, Ishtiaq Saleem, a Christian sanitary worker from Islamabad was allegedly accused of posting blasphemous content on social media, which led to his arrest. The Federal Investigation Agency lodged an FIR against him under sections 11 of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act…
Lahore (4 October 2022): The patterns of abuse committed against minority girls in the name of religion ought to end, and the government must criminalize forced faith conversions through protective legislation, including safeguards against child marriages, and violations of the age verification process, and regulation of faith conversions. This was emphasized by the human rights…
Lahore (28 July 2022): The human rights groups have expressed their worry regarding the lack of legal and administrative safeguards to protect underage minority girls against forced conversions in Pakistan. They have called upon the government to take stern action against the perpetrators and their abettors for committing crimes involving forgery, sexual violence, child marriages,…
An International Ministerial Conference dedicated to promoting religious freedom, and driving forward international efforts to defend freedom of religion or belief for all, was held in London on July 5th and 6th. The event brought together experts and diplomats from across the globe who shared knowledge and discussed the strategies and actions to promote and…
Lahore (23 September 2022): The civil society groups have expressed their dismay over the miscarriage of justice as observed in the case of 13 years old girl victim of forced conversion and child marriage, Zaria Pervaiz. They expressed their disappointment over the lack of action against the oppressors and the non-recovery of a minor girl…
Pakistan: The human rights groups have expressed their concerns over the rise in the incidents ofgender based violence and child abuse in the country, and the lack of action on the part of governmentinstitutions to protect girls and children against sexual violence. The participants of the consultativemeeting followed by protest demonstration demanded justice for the…
Pakistan’s federal and provincial governments must introduce, pass and enact comprehensive laws against forced conversions in conformity with international human rights standards without any further delay. This was demanded by the participants of a number of protest demonstrations under the aegis of the Voice for Justice (VFJ) held in various cities of Pakistan including; Karachi,…
Team Voice for Justice Sindh arranged an awareness program on “forced conversion “..Underage marriage and rapes of minor Christian girls…Christians’ role in upcoming Census in Pakistan.at Bible Baptist Church “Milir Cantonment board with Pastor in charge Pastor Khuram Gill and pastor Imran Shoukat it was great to Communicate with Congregation and having thair good faith…
