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…
HumaYounus, a Christian girl who was kidnapped from her home in Karachi on October 10 last year, has become pregnant due to the incessant sexual violence perpetrated by her abductor Abdul Jabbar, reported ACT International. As per the report, she has been confined to the four walls of one room in the abductor’s house. Younus is not allowed to…
Rights activists say that places of worship for minorities in Pakistan are either rapidly disappearing or are subject to negligence by the state. A pre-Partition Hindu temple was recently razed in Karachi. Hindus in the Pakistani city of Karachi demanded retribution after one of their temples and some houses were reportedly demolished on Sunday in…
On international human rights day, Voice for Justice in collaboration with Jubilee Campaign launched a report titled“Conversion without Consent” that examined a total of 100 reported cases involving abductions, forced faith conversions,forced and child marriage of girls and women belonging to the Christian community across Pakistan between January 2019and October 2022. The year 2021 recorded…
On 2nd January 2023, a violent crowd of tribal people vandalized a Church and smashed the statue of Saint Mary in Narayanpur district, Chhattisgarh, India. The group, armed with wooden sticks, iron rods, and stones, forced open the main gate of the Sacred Heart Church, in the heart of district headquarters, and started to pelt…
Lahore (8 September 2022): The human rights activists have expressed their grave concerns over the dismissal of the post-arrest bail application by Additional Session Judge, Lahore, filed by 57 years old, Anwar Masih, who has been behind bars for over two years now in a fabricated case of blasphemy. They have urged the courts to…
Human rights groups are alarmed by the situation of the North Korean refugees including women who are extremely vulnerable to being trafficked into forced marriages or prostitution, and are subjected to forced abortions, and babies born to repatriated women are killed in North Korea. They appealed to the Chinese government to dissuade the forced expulsion…
