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Rome’s Colosseum turned red to protest Pakistan blasphemy law
Hundreds gathered outside Rome's Colosseum to hear the husband and daughter of Asia Bibi, who has been on death row in Pakistan on charges of blasphemy
1 min read25 Feb 2018What’s really behind Asia’s upsurge of outrage?
Frustration and social dislocation are fuelling anti-blasphemy protests from Indonesia to Pakistan
4 min read8 Dec 2017Islamabad protest turns violent as police fire tear gas to break up sit-in
Islamabad police use tear gas, watercannon in clashes with stone-throwing protesters, as they moved to clear a protest by Tehreek-e-Labaik, a hard-line Islamist party
1 min read25 Nov 2017Pakistani court sentences Christian man to death for blasphemy
A Christian man has been sentenced to death on blasphemy charges by a court in Pakistan after he was accused of sharing material ridiculing the Prophet Mohammad
1 min read16 Sep 2017Pakistan court suggests changes to notorious blasphemy law to stop its misuse
A Pakistan court has recommended changes to the controversial blasphemy law to stop its misuse and fix tougher punishment for any person falsely accusing someone of the crime
1 min read12 Aug 2017In a first, Pakistan sentences man to death for ‘blasphemy’ on Facebook
Taimoor Raza, a 30-year-old Shia man, has become the first person in Pakistan to be handed the death penalty for violating the blasphemy law through social media
2 min read12 Jun 201723-year-old Russian blogger convicted for playing Pokemon Go in church
A Russian blogger was accused of 'blasphemy' after he posted videos on YouTube showing himself catching Pokemons in a church
2 min read11 May 2017Irish police drops blasphemy case against Stephen Fry
Actor-comic Stephen Fry was being investigated by the Irish police after a viewer filed a complaint against him for uttering 'anti-God remarks' on a TV show
1 min read10 May 2017Pakistani student accused of blasphemy beaten to death on campus
A group of about 10 students attacked on journalism student Mashal Khan after he was accused of sharing blasphemous content on social media
2 min read14 Apr 2017Pakistan seeks Facebook meeting, threatens action over blasphemy
Pakistan's government wants social media networks to remove material deemed insulting to Islam
2 min read22 Mar 2017Popular Topics
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