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Indonesia cleric imprisoned for violating blasphemy law

July 12, 2012 03:02:20 PM

An Indonesian court on Thursday sentenced a Shia cleric to two years in prison on blasphemy charges. Chief Judge Purnomo Amin Tjahjo of the Sampang district court announced the sentence of Tajul Muluk, whose teachings were deemed to have...

May 29, 2012 02:58:07 PM

Pakistani judges are being pressured to apply a controversial blasphemy law , UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Gabriela Knaul reported on Tuesday. In her initial...

June 13, 2011 09:50:49 AM

The Pakistan Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan to try six paramilitary forces in the shooting death of an unarmed man under the Pakistan Anti-Terrorism Ordinance of 1999 . On Friday, several paramilitary...

June 10, 2011 01:44:49 PM

The Pakistan Supreme Court on Friday demanded an explanation of an incident in which Pakistani security forces shot and killed an unarmed man. Several paramilitary soldiers opened fire on an unarmed, 22-year-old man in Benazir...

April 15, 2011 08:18:44 AM

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan harshly criticized the Pakistani government Thursday for its poor human rights record and called on government officials to fix the human rights abuses occurring in the country. In its 2010 Annual...

March 3, 2011 11:31:49 AM

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Wednesday condemned the assassination of Pakistani Minister for Minority Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti and expressed her opposition to Pakistan's controversial blasphemy law . Bhatti,...

February 19, 2011 03:01:46 PM

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Saturday issued a second arrest warrant for former military president Pervez Musharraf for not appearing in court for charges related to the 2007 assassination of former prime minister Benazir...

February 14, 2011 03:02:31 PM

A Pakistani court on Monday indicted police guard Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri, accused of assassinating liberal politician and governor of Pakistan's Punjab province Salman Taseer for opposing the nation's blasphemy law . Qadri reportedly told the...

February 13, 2011 12:27:48 PM

An arrest warrant for former president Pervez Musharraf was issued Saturday by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court in connection with the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto . The court...

February 8, 2011 12:48:56 PM

The Federal Investigation Agency of Pakistan on Monday named former president Pervez Musharraf as an accused in the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto . Musharraf's name...

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