Dr.Shoaib Suddle- Chair of Pakistan’s Commission on Implementation of Minority Rights sets out a plan of action to deal with forced conversions and the coercive marriage of underage girls U.K. Government published a Declaration of Humanity - championing young women...
Tribute to the memory of Shahbaz Bhatti on the 10th anniversary of the assassination of Pakistan’s Minister for Minorities- recorded at the request of Shahbaz’s brother, Peter.
Tribute to the memory of Shahbaz Bhatti on the 10th anniversary of the assassination of Pakistan’s Minister for Minorities- recorded at the request of Shahbaz’s brother, Peter David Alton’s tribute to Shahbaz Bhatti recorded at the request of Peter Bhatti...
Humane and Welcome Decision By Pakistan’s Supreme Court: UN experts welcome death penalty ban for individuals with mental health conditions
Pakistan: UN experts welcome death penalty ban for individuals with mental health conditions GENEVA (18 February 2021) – UN human rights experts* have welcomed a decision by the Supreme Court of Pakistan to ban the execution of defendants with mental health...
CLAAS reports from Pakistan about a staff nurse and gospel singer was falsely accused of committing blasphemy and explains how the law can be misused and lead to violence and false accusations.
Pakistan: Christian staff nurse and gospel singer accused of committing blasphemy A Christian staff nurse and gospel singer Tabita, 30, from Karachi has been accused of committing blasphemy. On January 28, Tabita’s colleagues at Sobhraj Maternity Hospital, Karachi,...
A series of stories in national newspapers underline the importance of the Inquiry into Abduction, Forced Marriage, and Forced Conversion of Girls and Young Women in Pakistan. A Call Evidence has a deadline for submissions of February 15th. Details here:
https://www.davidalton.net/2021/01/21/all-party-parliamentary-group-inquiry-into-abduction-forced-marriage-and-forced-conversion-of-girls-and-young-women-in-pakistan-call-for-evidence-deadline-february-15th-2021/ All Party Parliamentary Group Inquiry into Abduction,...
After IS targeted and killed 11 Hazara Shia miners in Baluchistan, U.K. Minister says “We remain deeply concerned by reports of discrimination and violence against religious minorities in Pakistan”
Hazaras Suffer Terrible Persecution in Baluchistan Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL11854): Question:To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment...
All Party Parliamentary Group Inquiry into Abduction, Forced Marriage, and Forced Conversion of Girls and Young Women in Pakistan: Call for Evidence. Deadline February 15th 2021
https://youtu.be/26Bu7nmi5JE David Alton (Lord Alton of Liverpool) explains the Background to the Inquiry, its Objectives, and the Timetable The Times January 20th 2021All Party Parliamentary Group Inquiry into Abduction, Forced Marriage, and Forced Conversion of...
Professor Amjad Mahmood Khan and Shaan Taseer explain why Pakistan needs to reform Blasphemy Laws which have led to the murder of Muslims, Christians and Atheists
Professor Amjad Mahmood Khan and Shaan Taseer explain why Pakistan needs to reform Blasphemy Laws which have led to the murder of Muslims, Christians and Atheists Many people loathe blasphemy but question the use of criminal law to deal with it. Such laws can be used...
UK says it “Strongly condemns the forced marriage and forced conversion of women and girls from religious minorities in Pakistan” and says it is supporting programmes to “improve the justice system for victims, witnesses and offenders, including vulnerable women and girls.”
Arzoo Pakistan: rights of the child Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL11266): Question:To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have...
UK Government says it is “closely monitoring the deeply concerning case of Arzoo Raja” – abducted, forcibly converted, and forcibly married, in Pakistan and sets out what it is doing to support reform. Meanwhile, CLAAS Human rights are being violated on a daily basis by the law enforcement agencies and the government is not paying attention. Think of the theft of young teenage girls like Arzoo Raja, Farah Shaheen, Huma Younus, and Maria Shahbaz and ask yourself what would you say or do if this was your daughter or your sister.
In parliament, on nearly a dozen occasions in the past few weeks, and, over the years, around forty times, I have raised the issue of forced conversions in questions and speeches. In recent months I have also written letters to the authorities in Pakistan...
For 18 years David Alton was a Member of the House of Commons and today he is an Independent Crossbench Life Peer in the UK House of Lords.
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