Last Updated: Sunday, June 30, 2013, 17:28
Aasia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman sentenced to death on blasphemy charges, will be imprisoned for at least another two years before her appeal is likely to come up before the Lahore High Court.
Last Updated: Saturday, June 29, 2013, 22:41
Rimsha Masih, 14, was detained in a maximum security prison for several weeks in August 2012, after being accused of burning pages from the Quran.
Last Updated: Sunday, June 2, 2013, 21:39
Four bloggers in Bangladesh, who allegedly posted derogatory comments about Islam and the prophet on the Internet will face a court hearing on framing of charges against them on June 27.
Last Updated: Sunday, June 2, 2013, 21:36
A court in Bangladesh`s capital Dhaka Sunday gave the go-ahead for the trial of four bloggers in two cases filed for posting "derogatory comments" about Islam and its holy prophet on the internet.
Last Updated: Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 13:36
The report designates eight nations -- Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Uzbekistan -- as `countries of particular concern`.
Last Updated: Tuesday, May 7, 2013, 19:25
A top leader of a radical outfit, demanding a tougher blasphemy law in Bangladesh, was remanded to police custody in connection with raging violence that claimed 28 lives.
Last Updated: Sunday, May 5, 2013, 23:48
Violence gripped the Bangladeshi capital on Sunday as thousands of Islamists chanting "Allahu Akbar" and demanding a tougher blasphemy law set ablaze 100 shops and clashed with the police.
Last Updated: Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 19:26
Two youths were arrested on Wednesday on charges of hurtling religious sentiments amid an escalating row between Islamists and secularists on a new anti-blasphemy law in Bangladesh.
Last Updated: Thursday, April 4, 2013, 23:48
A Pakistani court has acquitted a Christian man who was sentenced to death for blasphemy five years ago, his lawyer said on Thursday.
Last Updated: Sunday, March 31, 2013, 20:53
Amid heightened political tensions, a group of Bangladesh Islamic scholars Sunday submitted a list of bloggers who they alleged had committed blasphemy.
Last Updated: Tuesday, March 26, 2013, 11:46
Pakistani police have arrested a vendor under the controversial blasphemy law for allegedly burning the pages of Quran in Lahore.
Last Updated: Saturday, March 9, 2013, 17:17
A mob of almost 3,000 people forced a Christian community to flee for their lives, leaving behind their houses and possessions in Lahore.
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