Indonesia’s Plan to Expand Blasphemy Laws Puts Religious Minorities at Risk
Provisions would criminalize not just proselytization but also apostasy or renunciation of religious belief.
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January 9, 2020 •
Lecturer Sentenced to Death in Pakistan for Blasphemy
A university lecturer has been sentenced to death in Pakistan for blaspheming against Islam, drawing international attention to a verdict that independent United Nations human rights monitors have criticized as a “travesty of justice.”
January 25, 2019 •
Asia Bibi—Not Guilty But Not Yet Free
For nearly a decade “Free Asia Bibi” has been the rallying cry of human rights activists around the world protesting anti-religious extremism in Pakistan. Her case was finally heard by the Supreme Court in October 2018, where she was acquitted for lack of evidence.
January 1, 2019 •
Anti-Conversion Laws a Concern of the USCIRF
A special report by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom focuses on anti-conversion laws in South Asia.
January 11, 2018 •
After Nine Years in a Pakistan Prison for Blasphemy, Free at Last
Mohammad Mansha (58) is a happy man today. The Punjab resident is home after serving the last nine years in prison on a life sentence blasphemy conviction on a charge that Mansha had desecrated a copy of the Quran. In late December 2017, a two-judge panel ruled that Mansha was falsely accused.
December 6, 2017 •
Blasphemy Laws and Their Threat to Religious Freedom
According to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), more than one-third of the world’s countries criminalize blasphemy—speaking ill of things sacred to indigenous religions. In some countries, blasphemy carries a death sentence.
