Pakistan: 20 Christians remain imprisoned
An International Christian Concern (ICC) analysis of data from the United States Commission on Religious Freedom (USCIRF) found that 20 Christians have remained behind...
Muslim man, 28, kidnaps Christian girl, 13, forces marriage
Two months after a Muslim told a Christian in Pakistan he could not stop him from taking
the Christian’s 13-year-old daughter for marriage to his...
Muslim employer tortures Christian worker to death
A Muslim factory owner in Pakistan on Thursday (June 6) tortured to death an 18-year-old
Christian worker for leaving the job against his wishes, family...
Man lynched after accusation of desecrating Qur’an
A man was violently lynched by a mob after he was accused of desecrating the Qur’an in
the Madyan area of the Swat Valley in...
Pakistan: Christian teen kidnapped, forced into sex slavery
A Christian girl rescued from a Muslim in Pakistan who abducted her said he forcibly
converted her, sexually assaulted her as part of a sham...
One city emerges as capital of false blasphemy charges
By Massimo Introvigne --
On August 12, in the Kasur area of Punjab, police registered a criminal case involving blasphemy charges against two women—one being...
Tourist lynched and burned alive for alleged blasphemy
By Massimo Introvigne --
After the case of Christian Nazir Gil Masih, lynched in Sargodha on May 25 after he was falsely accused of having burned...
Christian on death row for 22 years because of letter he...
In a significant move, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has directed the country’s top Islamic
body to advise on whether a letter that left a...
Pakistan: Christian man dies after years of neglect in prison
Nabeel Masih, a 25-year-old Christian from Lahore, died on July 31 after years of neglect, abuse, and lack of crucial medical care.
At 16, while...
Five Christian sanitation workers die from unsafe conditions
Five Christian sanitation workers in Pakistan have died since Tuesday (June 11) from
inhaling toxic gases, highlighting how they are forced to work without proper...