Blasphemy trials - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 06 Nov 2024 23:01:50 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Blasphemy trials - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Record rise in blasphemy cases rings alarm in Pakistan https://cathnews.co.nz/2024/11/07/record-rise-in-blasphemy-cases-rings-alarm-in-pakistan/ Thu, 07 Nov 2024 04:53:02 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=177635 An exponential rise in blasphemy cases and consequent jailing in religiously conservative Pakistan have sparked concerns among faith leaders. According to the report of Pakistan's National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR), the number of people arrested and jailed in the first half of this year increased threefold compared to last year. The report of the Read more

Record rise in blasphemy cases rings alarm in Pakistan... Read more]]> An exponential rise in blasphemy cases and consequent jailing in religiously conservative Pakistan have sparked concerns among faith leaders.

According to the report of Pakistan's National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR), the number of people arrested and jailed in the first half of this year increased threefold compared to last year.

The report of the state-run independent commission released on Oct. 31 said as of July 25, 767 people remained in prison across the country accused of committing blasphemy.

The report said the figure was 213 in 2023, 64 in 2022, 9 in 2021, and 11 in 2020.

The report is based on the commission's investigation into blasphemy cases between October 2023-2024.

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