Elderly Catholic freed after 23 years on death row for ‘blasphemy’ in Pakistan
72-year-old Anwar Kenneth was released from jail this week after the Supreme Court of Pakistan lifted his death sentence back in June.
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Conservatives blame Liberals for allowing man on UK child sex offender list to enter Canada
A Pakistani man was granted a visa in 2023 under former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government after hiding that he was found guilty of sexually abusing his underage niece.
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Pakistan Supreme Court acquits elderly Catholic of ‘blasphemy’ after 23 years on death row
The court ruled that Anwar Kenneth, a 72-year-old Catholic, is mentally unfit and therefore not criminally liable under the blasphemy law.
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Trump administration vetoes UN Gaza ceasefire resolution defying world consensus for peace
Just as the Biden administration had done on several occasions, Trump’s representative to the United Nations cast the sole ‘nay’ vote in the 15 member Security Council, to prolong the war.
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Pakistani Christian sentenced to death on Good Friday under Islamic ‘blasphemy’ laws
A Pakistani court sentenced Pervaiz Masih, a Protestant Christian, to death, after he was accused of penning 'blasphemous' content that allegedly ignited riots in the Jaranwala region.
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Pakistani Christian brutally stabbed at work after refusing to convert to Islam
22-year-old Pakistani Christian Waqas Masih was hospitalized with severe injuries after being stabbed in the neck by his supervisor for resisting pressure to renounce his faith.
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1 in 7 Christians worldwide facing persecution for their faith: report
Over 380 million Christians had to endure 'high levels of persecution and discrimination' for their faith last year, watchdog organization Open Doors has revealed in its latest report on the subject.
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Christian mother of four sentenced to death in Pakistan for ‘insulting’ Muhammad
Pakistani Judge Muhammad Afzal Majoka sentenced 40-year-old mother Shagufta Kiran to death in September for allegedly ‘insulting the Prophet Muhammad.’ An estimated 40 people are currently facing the death penalty for ‘blasphemy’ in the Islamic country.
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Attempted Trump assassin once convicted of possessing ‘weapon of mass destruction’
Donald Trump’s attempted assassin Ryan Wesley Routh traveled to Ukraine in 2022 to fight against Russia and tried to recruit Americans to join in the conflict. Twenty years prior, in 2002, he was convicted of possessing a weapon of mass destruction, according to reports.
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Christian Pakistani woman attacked after being accused of desecrating a Quran
On August 7, a Muslim mob in Kathore village, in Pakistan’s Punjab Province, assaulted and attempted to kill Saima Masih, a 32-year-old mother of two children, following accusations, which she denies, made by her Muslim neighbor that she desecrated a Quran.
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