Amnesty International says a mentally-challenged Christian girl accused of blaspheming Islam in Pakistan is still in serious danger even after a judge ordered her freed from jail. The human rights group said Friday’s decision to grant bail to 14-year-old Rimsha Masih is an encouraging step. But Amnesty says the Pakistani government must urgently reform its […]
Amnesty Intl: Pakistani Girl Accused of Blaspheming Islam in Serious Danger
Posted September 7th, 2012 at 5:25 pm (UTC-5)
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Pakistani Judge Grants Bail to Christian Girl Accused of Blaspheming Islam
Posted September 7th, 2012 at 4:25 pm (UTC-5)
A Pakistani judge has granted bail to a mentally-challenged Christian girl accused of blasphemy against Islam. Fourteen-year-old Rimsha Masih had spent the last three weeks in jail in Islamabad after neighbors accused her of burning pages from the Quran. Judge Mohammad Azam Khan ordered her release Friday, setting bail at more than $10,000. The judge […]
Pakistani Policeman Probing Sectarian Attacks is Killed
Posted September 7th, 2012 at 6:40 am (UTC-5)
Police in Pakistan say gunmen have shot and killed a senior officer who was investigating sectarian killings in the country’s southwest. Officials say the assailants opened fire on Jamil Kakar’s car Friday in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, and fled the scene. No one claimed responsibility for the attack. Authorities say Kakar was probing […]
Pakistani Judge Grants Baill to Girl Accused of Blasphemy
Posted September 7th, 2012 at 6:05 am (UTC-5)
A Pakistani judge has granted bail to a Christian girl accused of blasphemy. Rimsha Masih was arrested last month in Islamabad after angry neighbors accused her of burning pages from the Quran. During a hearing on Friday, a Judge Judge Mohammad Azam Khan ordered Masih’s release after hearing arguments from lawyers on both sides. She […]
Pakistani Judge Grants Baill to Girl Accused of Blasphemy
Posted September 7th, 2012 at 3:55 am (UTC-5)
A Pakistani judge has granted bail to a Christian girl accused of blasphemy. Rimsha Masih was arrested last month in Islamabad after angry neighbors accused her of burning pages from the Quran. During a hearing on Friday, a judge ordered Masih’s release after hearing arguments from lawyers on both sides. She has been in police […]
Pakistani Judge to Decide Bail for Girl Accused of Blasphemy
Posted September 7th, 2012 at 3:25 am (UTC-5)
A Pakistani judge is expected to announce on Friday whether a Christian girl accused of blasphemy will be granted bail. Rimsha Masih was arrested last month in Islamabad after angry neighbors accused her of burning pages from the Quran. Under Pakistan’s blasphemy law, anyone who speaks ill of Islam and the Prophet Mohammad commits a […]
Pakistan Expels Save the Children’s Foreign Staff
Posted September 6th, 2012 at 6:35 am (UTC-5)
Pakistan has ordered Save the Children’s foreign staff members to leave the country. An official with the U.S.-based aid agency, Ghulam Qadri, told reporters Thursday that the Interior Ministry ordered six foreign employees to leave Pakistan, but gave no reason for the expulsion. Save the Children is said to have come under increased government scrutiny […]
Rights Group: Pakistan Govt Should Act on Shi’ite Killings
Posted September 6th, 2012 at 4:25 am (UTC-5)
Human Rights Watch is urging Pakistan to act to protect Shi’ite Muslims and not stand by as members of the country’s religious minority are “slaughtered.” In one of the deadliest attacks, gunmen last month killed 22 Shi’ites after ordering them off buses in the southwestern province of Baluchistan. Just last week, eight Shi’ite members of […]
Suicide Car Bomb Targets US Consulate Employees in Pakistan
Posted September 3rd, 2012 at 9:45 am (UTC-5)
A suicide car bomber killed at least two people and wounded 19 others in an attack on a U.S. consulate vehicle in northwestern Pakistan. The bombing occurred as the vehicle travelled Monday through an area housing various international organizations, including the United Nations, in the northwestern city of Peshawar. The U.S. embassy in Islamabad says […]
2 US Consulate Employees Wounded in Pakistan Blast
Posted September 3rd, 2012 at 5:35 am (UTC-5)
The U.S. embassy in Islamabad says two American consulate personnel in Peshawar and two Pakistani staff members were wounded Monday in what the embassy describes as “an apparent terrorist attack.” The four were wounded when a suicide bomber’s explosive-laden car hit a consulate vehicle in the northwestern city of Peshawar, near Pakistan’s semi-autonomous tribal region […]
