Pakistan

INTOLERANCE AND HATRED AGAINST AHMADIS IS ON THE RISE IN PAKISTAN

PRESS RELEASE - Download PDF Intolerance, hatred and bigotry towards Ahmadis is not a new phenomenon in Pakistan and in every walk of life we may observe the marginalisation of Ahmadis only because of their religious beliefs. Through this press release we want to highlight a fresh incident of prejudice against Ahmadis, which occurred [...]

2021-08-02T19:10:47+00:00August 2nd, 2021|Pakistan, Press Release|

PAKISTAN POLICE ATTACKS ANOTHER AHMADIYYA MUSLIM MOSQUE 24 June 2021

INCIDENT REPORT - Download PDF The persecution of Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan continues to intensify. Since January 2021, police authorities in Pakistan have been targeting mosques belonging to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. On June 24, 2021, at around 8:30 pm, police and senior government officials from Faisalabad attacked another Ahmadi Mosque in the village [...]

2021-07-12T21:54:54+00:00July 12th, 2021|Incident Report, Pakistan|

LOCAL POLICE DISGUISED AS CIVILIANS DESECRATE ANOTHER AHMADIYYA MOSQUE IN FAISALABAD, PAKISTAN AS PART OF CONTINUED STATE-SPONSORED PERSECUTION OF AHMADIS 18 June 2021

INCIDENT REPORT - Download PDF SUMMARY: A few months ago, we reported about the demolition of the minarets and domes of the various Ahmadiyya mosques in Pakistan carried out under the supervision of local police authorities. Unfortunately, we again regret to report another destruction and demolition in a rural settlement called 261 R-B, Adhwali [...]

2021-07-12T21:49:44+00:00July 12th, 2021|Incident Report, Pakistan|

ABUSE OF CYBERCRIME AND BLASPHEMY LAWS OF PAKISTAN AGAINST THE AHMADIYYA COMMUNITY AND VIOLATIONS OF THEIR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF FAIR TRIAL AND DUE PROCESS 19 April 2021

PRESS BRIEF - Download PDF The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016 (PECA) and rules made thereunder define the whole range of cybercrimes along with their punishment, set down the process of investigation and conduct of trial of cases before the designated court. The Ahmadiyya Community which is facing the brunt of state sponsored [...]

2021-07-12T21:36:04+00:00July 12th, 2021|Pakistan, Press Brief|

TWO CHRISTIAN NURSES CHARGED WITH COMMITTING BLASPHEMY IN PAKISTAN 12 April 2021

INCIDENT REPORT - Download PDF Two Christian nurses in Pakistan have been charged with blasphemy because one of them was accused of destroying a sticker on a notice which might have contained a Verse of the Holy Quran.  Pakistan has statutes targeting people of other faiths and Muslim sects.  Any person with a personal [...]

2021-07-12T21:32:22+00:00July 12th, 2021|Incident Report, Pakistan|

ANOTHER AHMADIYYA MOSQUE IN PAKISTAN DEVASTATED AND DESECRATED, PUNJAB PAKISTAN 12 April 2021

INCIDENT REPORT - Download PDF We reported last month the demolition of the Minarets and domes of an Ahmadiyya Mosque in District Gujranwala, Pakistan carried out under the eyes of the local Police force. Today, unfortunately we come back to you with the report of the destruction and demolition of another Ahmadiyya Mosque in [...]

2021-07-12T21:29:29+00:00July 12th, 2021|Incident Report, Pakistan|

A Contemptuous Act of Desecration of an Ahmadiyya Mosque in District Gujranwala, Pakistan 20210318

INCIDENT REPORT - Download PDF We are gravely shocked to share with you an abhorrent shameful incident that took place in a rural settlement in District Gujranwala, Pakistan. On 17th March at about 12 noon, a contingent of Police force raided the Ahmadiyya Mosque in Garmolavirkan, District Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan and forcefully wiped off [...]

2021-07-12T21:23:32+00:00July 12th, 2021|Incident Report, Pakistan|

RELENTLESS HARROWING ATTACKS ON AHMADIS IN PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN 14 Mar 2021

INCIDENT REPORT - Download PDF RELENTLESS HARROWING ATTACKS ON AHMADIS IN PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN A trail of brutal attacks on Ahmadis in Peshawar have continued in recent months. Four Ahmadis have been killed and several face serious threats to their lives. In a traumatising incident, around midnight on 13 March, three Ahmadi households in the [...]

2021-07-12T20:51:52+00:00July 12th, 2021|Incident Report, Pakistan|

THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN PAKISTAN IS HIJACKED BY EXTREMIST IDEOLOGY 06 Mar 2021

PRESS BRIEF - Download PDF With no state supervision, it is up to the individual schools to decide what to teach and preach as is clearly visible in a video (linked below) circulating on social media in which a teacher is brainwashing young students with extremist Islamic ideology. He quotes a tradition of Muhammad [...]

2021-07-12T20:47:19+00:00July 12th, 2021|Pakistan, Press Brief|

IHRC BRIEF STATEMENT ON PERSECUTION OF AHMADIS IN PAKISTAN 22 Feb 2021

PRESS BRIEF - Download PDF No society can claim to be idealistically egalitarian as certain elements of every society always claim superiority over the others, either on ethnic, numerical or religious basis and try to usurp some rights of the weaker segments, but the governing forces of the societies usually play positive regulatory role [...]

2021-07-12T20:37:37+00:00July 12th, 2021|Pakistan, Press Brief|
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