Details given of acquittal in killing of Christian couple in Pakistan
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday (Aug. 13) provided details on the July 9 acquittal of three Muslims sentenced to death for the 2014 burning alive of a Christian couple.
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Herdsmen kill at least 31 Christians in central Nigeria
Fulani herdsmen have killed 15 Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria since Aug. 2, in addition to slaughters in two other states, sources said.
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Three Christians killed in Plateau state, Nigeria
A Christian on his way to a Sunday morning worship service was shot and killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen on Sunday (Aug. 9) in Fann village, Barkin Ladi County, Plateau state in central Nigeria.
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Christian girl struggles to void forced marriage in Pakistan
Aneeqa Ishaq, a 16-year-old Christian girl in Lahore, Pakistan, took a job as a restaurant cashier for her family’s survival, but it ended with a coworker abducting her, forcing her to convert to Islam and coercing her to marry him, she said.
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Funeral services held for 30 Christians massacred in Nigeria
Pastors and members of various churches attended a Catholic funeral service on Saturday (Aug. 1) for 27 Christians massacred by suspected Fulani terrorists in Kaduna state, Nigeria, sources said.
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Alleged kidnapper given custody of Christian girl in Pakistan
A court in Pakistan on Saturday (July 25) handed custody of a 13-year-old Christian girl to the Muslim accused of abducting her, forcibly converting her to Islam and coercing her into marriage, a rights advocate said.
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Constitutional court in Pakistan to revisit ruling on married girl
Pakistan’s Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) on Friday (July 24) agreed to revisit its controversial ruling that upheld the marriage of a Muslim man to a 13-year-old Christian girl allegedly abducted, forcibly converted to Islam and married against her will.
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Muslim woman gains custody of kidnapped Christian girl in Pakistan, lawyer says
A court in Pakistan has handed custody of a 16-year-old Christian girl to an unrelated Muslim woman after the minor was recovered from a Muslim accused of abducting, forcibly converting and marrying her, her family’s attorney said.
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Court in Pakistan to consider hearing case of abducted Christian girl
After multiple legal setbacks, relatives of a Christian girl who was forcibly converted to Islam and married to her Muslim kidnapper are hoping Pakistan’s highest constitutional court will revisit a controversial ruling that upheld the marriage, her family’s lawyer said.
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Judge sentences Muslim to prison for Jaranwala, Pakistan attacks
A court in Pakistan on Monday (July 13) sentenced the first person to be convicted for anti-Christian violence in Jaranwala in August 2023, handing him 10 years in prison while acquitting 13 others due to flawed investigations, sources said.
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Court acquits three men convicted of killing Christian couple in Pakistan
Pakistan’s Supreme Court last week overturned the death sentences of the remaining three men convicted in the 2014 lynching of a Christian couple burned alive after being falsely accused of blasphemy, sources said.
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The poor and minorities suffer most from corruption in Pakistan, report says
Entrenched corruption across Pakistan’s criminal justice system disproportionately affects poor and marginalized communities, particularly Christians prosecuted under the country’s controversial blasphemy laws, according to a new report.
