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Charter Re-Released On World Day Against Death Penalty Calls on the Final 11 Countries Who Continue to Sanction the Death Penalty for Apostasy and Blasphemy to Repeal Such Laws

10th October 2022 Washington DC | “Prevention is better than cure” – which is why over 90 individuals and organisations have signed a Charter calling on countries which continue mandate the death penalty for non-violent conduct, including apostasy and blasphemy, to repeal such laws. Apostasy and blasphemy laws violate core tenets of freedom of religion and belief and …

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Pakistani Authorities Arrest 13 Ahmadis for Celebrating the Muslim Festival Eid Al-Adha – Among Them Ahmadis Visiting from Canada

2 August 2022 | International Human Rights Committee reported at the end of July how Pakistani authorities acted on arrest petitions by mullahs forbidding Ahmadi Muslims from celebrating the Muslim festival of Eid Al-Adha. Police raided the private Eid Al Adha celebrations of Ahmadi Muslims in the Punjab province arresting 13. Mullahs – Islamic religious …

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Jubilee Campaign Condemns the Verdict by the Jumla Hight Court Sentencing Pastor Keshav to One Year in Prison For Exercising his Right to Freedom of Religion and Belief

29 July 2022 | Washington DC. | Jubilee Campaign condemns the verdict by the Jumla High Court sentencing Pastor Keshav to one year in prison and a fine for exercising his right to freedom of religion and belief and calls on the Supreme Court to drop all charges against the pastor without delay. The decision by …

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Jumla High Court Violates Nepal’s International Law Commitments Sentencing Pastor Keshav to One Year in Prison – Pastor Keshav and Lawyer Will Appeal the Decision

13 July 2022 | Nepal | Jumla High Court, in the Himalayan mountainous region of Nepal, sentences Pastor Keshav to one year in prison and a fine. Pastor Keshav and his lawyer plan to appeal the verdict at the Supreme Court , citing the constitution of Nepal and Nepal’s international law commitments. The decision by …

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Working Group on Death Penalty, Extra-Judicial, Summary or Arbitrary Killings and Enforced Disappearances in Africa Statement for the Protecting Life: Repealing the Death Penalty for Apostasy and Blasphemy Event

Déclaration du Groupe de travail sur la peine de mort, les exécutions extrajudiciaires, sommaires ou arbitraires et les disparitions forcées en Afrique dans le l’événement parallèle à la 49ème session du Conseil des droits de l’homme sur le thème : “Protéger la vie : Abrogation de la peine de mort pour apostasie et blasphème” – 08 mars 2022 Alors …

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Abolitionist and Retentionist States, UN experts, and Civil Society Make a Unified Call for Action to Repeal of the Death Penalty for Apostasy and Blasphemy at the first Hybrid UN Human Rights Council side-event in 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C 25 March 2022 – The first Human Rights Council hybrid event since COVID-19 brought high-level speakers and grassroots advocates from the four corners of the globe united in bringing an end to the death penalty for apostasy and blasphemy. “If one dares to establish a hierarchy in abolishing the death penalty, I think …

Abolitionist and Retentionist States, UN experts, and Civil Society Make a Unified Call for Action to Repeal of the Death Penalty for Apostasy and Blasphemy at the first Hybrid UN Human Rights Council side-event in 2022 Read More »