Pakistan: Son of assassinated Governor accused of blasphemy for wishing Merry Christmas
South Asia Citizens Web
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Pakistan: Family of assassinated Governor Taseer continues be the target of fundamentalists on grounds of blasphemy
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India: Homage to Anupam Mishra
4 January 2017Tributes to the Indian environmentalist Anupam Mishra by Ramachandra Guha and by Harsh Mander
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India & Pakistan must complete nationality verification of their prisoners in 90 days - Statement by PIPFPD
3 January 2017Statement by Pakistan - India Peoples’ Forum for Peace and Democracy on 3 December 2017
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India: WSS statement on attacks against Shalini Gera and JagLAG lawyers in Chattissgarh
30 December 2016Bastar police continue their vendetta against women human rights defenders SP Bastar threatens Adv Shalini Gera, JagLAG lawyers with false cases Clearly rattled by the mounting body of evidence of blatant violations of the rule of law and Constitutional rights under the cover of anti-Maoist operations, the Bastar police has launched a no-holds-barred attempt to silence all those who are calling them to account.
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Pakistan: Decades after the death of Zia Ul Haq - laws and ideologies pushed by the fundamentalist general are still shaping the country
28 December 2016The notorious Hudood Ordinances restored medieval punishments such as floggings, amputations for theft and demands that a rape victim had to produce four Muslim witnesses or risk being charged with adultery. Zia also expanded the blasphemy laws. Clauses were added to the penal code that made insulting the Prophet Mohammed a crime punishable by death.
