PAKISTAN: A doctor is arrested on a blasphemy charge after the protest of multi-national companies
Statement : The misuse of the blasphemy laws is not restricted only with the fundamentalist Muslim groups or leaders but is being misused by multinational pharmaceutical companies as well. They take advantage of the law when they are not happy with doctors that do not prescribe their pharmaceuticals. This relatively new misuse of the blasphemy laws was applied on a practicing doctor who is well known in the community for not over prescribing medicines to his patients but rather advising them to rely on the body's natural resistance and exercise. Read More...
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Sep 30, 2011 Statement
PAKISTAN: A doctor is arrested on a blasphemy charge after the protest of multi-national companies
Dec 13, 2010 Statement
Dec 13, 2010 Statement
PAKISTAN: Open letter to the President of Pakistan regarding the killing of two brothers from a Christian family
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Jul 21, 2010 Open Letter
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Jul 20, 2010 Statement
Jul 20, 2010 Statement
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Jul 14, 2010 Urgent Appeal Case
Jul 14, 2010 Urgent Appeal Case
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Apr 07, 2010 Statement
Apr 07, 2010 Statement
PAKISTAN: Police severely beat members of a Christian family after accusing a man of urinating on the Quran
Sep 18, 2009 Urgent Appeal Case
Sep 18, 2009 Urgent Appeal Case
PAKISTAN: Witnesses killed within prison walls: a Christian boy is accused of blasphemy and murdered
Sep 16, 2009 Statement
Sep 16, 2009 Statement
PAKISTAN: Political expediency of the government is putting the lives of religious minorities at stake
Sep 15, 2009 Statement
Sep 15, 2009 Statement
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Sep 11, 2009 Urgent Appeal Update
Sep 11, 2009 Urgent Appeal Update
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Sep 09, 2009 Urgent Appeal Case
Sep 09, 2009 Urgent Appeal Case
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Aug 11, 2009 Statement
Aug 11, 2009 Statement
PAKISTAN: Police illegally arrest and continue to detain a shopkeeper cleared of blasphemy
Jul 30, 2009 Urgent Appeal Case
Jul 30, 2009 Urgent Appeal Case
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Jul 02, 2009 Statement
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