WASHINGTON. DC – 25 November 2024 – “I am prepared to use the full weight of my office to prohibit foreign aid to nations that participate in such injustices,” U.S. Congressman pens letter to outgoing President Biden urging the US to use “every diplomatic tool” to secure the release of religious prisoners and address ongoing […]
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18 November 2024 NEW YORK – 131 States at the UNGA Third Committee (two-thirds of the states) voted for the Moratorium on the death penalty resolution and language embedded in the resolution two years ago calling on states to ensure the death penalty is not applied on the basis of “discriminatory laws, including laws which
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NEW YORK, 21 November – Amid intense UN General Assembly (UNGA) Third Committee negotiations, a multi-faith coalition gathered at the nearby UN Church Center to urgently address extrajudicial killings stemming from anti-apostasy and anti-blasphemy laws. Organized by Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA) and Jubilee Campaign, and co-sponsored by American Humanist Association, Set My People Free,
18 November 2024, NEW YORK This language adoption follows similar language that was introduced at the UN Human Rights Council in 2023. The language in the UNGA resolution, however, is not only novel for the UNGA, but also provides some important additional safeguards missing in the parallel resolution at the UN Human Rights Council. The
Multan, Punjab – PAKISTAN, October 26, 2024 | Pakistani authorities have arrested the father of previously abducted and forcibly married 13 year old girl Roshni Shakeel. After the daughter was able to escape, the Multan police in Punjab have retaliated against Roshni’s father by filing a bogus abduction case against him. Reports indicate that he has faced
Islamabad, — 19 September 2024 | A Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) court in Rawalpindi has sentenced a Christian woman, Shagufta Kiran, to death after finding her guilty of blasphemy. The verdict follows her arrest on July 29, 2021, for participating in a religious discussion on a WhatsApp group named “Pure Discussion.” The complainant, Sheraz Ahmed
Lahore, September 14, 2024 – Pakistani human rights defender, Joseph Jansen, Chairperson of Voice for Justice, expresses grave concern over the impunity surrounding the child marriage and coerced conversion of 14-year-old Shifa Rafaqat taken from her home in Sheikhupura on November 27, 2023. This case is a stark example of the wider problem affecting an alarming
[Image used under Creative Commons Licence] GENEVA – Switzerland, Tuesday 10 September 2024 – “This systematic attack on religious organizations has deeply eroded the enjoyment of the right to freedom of conscience and religion, leaving Nicaraguan society increasingly unprotected and silenced,” the Christian Salazar Volkmann, the Director of Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division for the
Thank you, President: We thank the UN High Commissioner for his presentation and his report. Jubilee Campaign and ADF International would like to bring the Council’s attention to egregious violations of freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief carried out, instigated, or condoned by Nicaraguan authorities. We condemn the 19th August decision by the Government of
WASHINGTON, D.C., 27 August 2024 | “We are issuing this appeal in order to safeguard the rights of Mr. Anwar Kenneth from irreparable harm and without prejudicing any eventual legal determination,” the UN Special Rapporteurs make public their communication sent to the government of Pakistan in early April this year. Authorities in Pakistan sentenced Mr. Kenneth,
