Blasphemy Law címke | Stand for Christians

This incident, and many others like it, have continued to raise concerns among Pakistan’s Christian communities

British activist warns that stricter statutes will make it harder for innocent victims.

Christians have been many times falsely condemned for blasphemy.

Blasphemy laws, which prohibit perceived insults against Islam, can be enforced with harsh punishments.

The report provides the profiles of 25 current cases in which 29 Pakistani Christians sit charged with committing blasphemy.

The case highlights Indonesia’s abusive blasphemy law and how it can be employed to prosecute people criticising Islam.

Pakistan is among the worst countries in the world for Christian persecution due to Islamic extremist oppression.

Pakistan remaisn one of the countries with the most severe persecution of Christians worldwide.

In Pakistan, false accusations of blasphemy are widespread and often motivated by personal vendettas or religious hatred.

Blasphemy accusations which are so common in Pakistan, can lead to sentences of life in prison and even death.