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April 23, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom in its annual report 2021 released this month has recommended to the US administration to pursue the reform of Pakistan’s “public educational textbooks, curriculum, and teacher training materials” to ensure the content is inclusive of and not discriminatory toward religious minorities.
The report, while re-designating Pakistan as a “country of particular concern,” or CPC, for “engaging in systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom”, also seeks the repeal of the “blasphemy and anti-Ahmedi laws” and the release of blasphemy accused. The report said that until the blasphemy law is repealed, Pakistan should enact reforms to make blasphemy a bailable offence, require evidence by accusers, ensure proper investigation by senior police officials, allow authorities to dismiss unfounded accusations, and enforce the existing penal code articles crimin
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US Watchdog on Religious Freedom Proposes Targeted Sanctions Against India USCIRF suggests entry ban on individuals and entities
COLOMBO: The latest annual report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has designated India as a “country of particular concern,” and has suggested targeted sanctions on individuals and entities responsible for severe violations of religious freedom by freezing those individuals’ or entities’ assets and/or barring their entry into the United States.”
The report covering events in 2020, accuses India of “engaging in and tolerating systematic, ongoing, and egregious religious freedom violations, as defined by the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA).”