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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.

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  Majority of blasphemy cases in Pakistan ‘fabricated,’ officials say

  Officials in Pakistan last week reported to a parliamentary committee that a majority of 333 blasphemy cases registered in the past five years in four provinces were fabricated, according to media reports.

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  Protest erupts in Pakistan after Christian framed for ‘blasphemy’

  A violent protest erupted in Karachi, Pakistan on Thursday (July 9) after unidentified persons mailed a desecrated page of the Quran to a Muslim shopkeeper along with photographs of a Christian and his mother, sources said.

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  Priest wins settlement overturning blacklisting for comments on LGBT+ ideology

  An Anglican priest in England has secured a confidential legal settlement in a conflict stemming from a sermon he delivered on LGBT+ ideology at a secondary school.

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  EU calls on Pakistan to act against abduction, forcible conversion of minority girls

  The European Parliament on Thursday (July 9) adopted a resolution calling on Pakistan to establish a national mechanism to handle complaints from families of abducted or forcibly converted girls from religious minorities.

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  EU to submit resolution on forced conversions/marriages of minority girls in Pakistan

  The issue of abductions, forced religious conversions and forced marriages of minor Christian girls in Pakistan is set to come under renewed international scrutiny at the European Union Parliament on Tuesday (July 14).

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  Tensions inflamed by blasphemy accusation in Pakistan

  More than two dozen Christian families were forced to flee their homes in Pakistan last week after allegations of blasphemy against a pastor living in the United States triggered fears of mob violence, sources said.

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