Pakistan Religious Freedom

India on Friday (local time) slammed Pakistan on the issue of religious freedom of minorities at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

The United States on Friday designated China, Iran and Russia, among others, as countries of particular concern under the Religious Freedom Act over severe violations.

The US has designated Pakistan and China among eight other countries that are of "particular concern for violation of religious freedom", Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said.

An annual American report on religious freedom has voiced concern over the targeted killing in Pakistan of Shia Muslims, including ethnic Hazaras, who are largely Shia, and Ahmadi Muslims in attacks believed to be driven by faith.

Minorities are under increasing assault in India, a bipartisan US commission mandated to monitor religious freedom globally said on Tuesday, placing it in a list of 14 nations including Pakistan, China and North Korea for the first time since 2004.

The United States has placed China, Pakistan and a few other countries on a special watch list for ''severe violations of religious freedom,'' saying that the protection of religious freedom has been a top foreign policy priority of the Trump administration.

Describing shrinking space for civil society and media freedom in Pakistan as "troubling", the United States on Monday said it remains "deeply concerned" over reports of human rights abuses and discrimination faced by people in the country because of their faith.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday urged Pakistan to do more to stop the abuse of blasphemy laws after the release of Asia Bibi, who escaped a death sentence in a case that drew international scrutiny.

Pakistan today rejected US' decision to place it on its annual list of nations that infringe on religious freedom, calling the move "unilateral and politically motivated".

The Trump Administration's move to downgrade Pakistan as a country of particular concern was a courageous one, an influential US lawmaker said on Tuesday.

The United States said Tuesday it has added Pakistan to its blacklist of countries that violate religious freedom, ramping up pressure over its treatment of minorities. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he had designated Pakistan among "countries of particular concern" in a congressionally mandated annual report, meaning the US government is obli...

The United States will suspend most of its security assistance to Pakistan, the State Department said Thursday, signaling the Trump administration's intent to force the country to eliminate militant safe havens.

The US State Department has placed Pakistan on a special watch list for "severe violations of religious freedom," it said on Thursday, days after the White House said Islamabad would have to do more to combat terrorism to receive US aid.

Six influential US Senators have urged Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to designate Pakistan as a "country of particular concern" on the issue of religious freedom violation, saying its discriminatory laws continue to result in prosecution of individuals due to their faith.

The US should designate Pakistan among nations listed as worst violators of religious freedom due to frequent attacks on minorities including Hindus in the country, an independent US religious commission has recommended to the Obama administration.

India on Friday (local time) slammed Pakistan on the issue of religious freedom of minorities at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

The United States on Friday designated China, Iran and Russia, among others, as countries of particular concern under the Religious Freedom Act over severe violations.

The US has designated Pakistan and China among eight other countries that are of "particular concern for violation of religious freedom", Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said.

An annual American report on religious freedom has voiced concern over the targeted killing in Pakistan of Shia Muslims, including ethnic Hazaras, who are largely Shia, and Ahmadi Muslims in attacks believed to be driven by faith.

Minorities are under increasing assault in India, a bipartisan US commission mandated to monitor religious freedom globally said on Tuesday, placing it in a list of 14 nations including Pakistan, China and North Korea for the first time since 2004.

The United States has placed China, Pakistan and a few other countries on a special watch list for ''severe violations of religious freedom,'' saying that the protection of religious freedom has been a top foreign policy priority of the Trump administration.

Describing shrinking space for civil society and media freedom in Pakistan as "troubling", the United States on Monday said it remains "deeply concerned" over reports of human rights abuses and discrimination faced by people in the country because of their faith.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday urged Pakistan to do more to stop the abuse of blasphemy laws after the release of Asia Bibi, who escaped a death sentence in a case that drew international scrutiny.

Pakistan today rejected US' decision to place it on its annual list of nations that infringe on religious freedom, calling the move "unilateral and politically motivated".

The Trump Administration's move to downgrade Pakistan as a country of particular concern was a courageous one, an influential US lawmaker said on Tuesday.

The United States said Tuesday it has added Pakistan to its blacklist of countries that violate religious freedom, ramping up pressure over its treatment of minorities. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he had designated Pakistan among "countries of particular concern" in a congressionally mandated annual report, meaning the US government is obli...

The United States will suspend most of its security assistance to Pakistan, the State Department said Thursday, signaling the Trump administration's intent to force the country to eliminate militant safe havens.

The US State Department has placed Pakistan on a special watch list for "severe violations of religious freedom," it said on Thursday, days after the White House said Islamabad would have to do more to combat terrorism to receive US aid.

Six influential US Senators have urged Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to designate Pakistan as a "country of particular concern" on the issue of religious freedom violation, saying its discriminatory laws continue to result in prosecution of individuals due to their faith.

The US should designate Pakistan among nations listed as worst violators of religious freedom due to frequent attacks on minorities including Hindus in the country, an independent US religious commission has recommended to the Obama administration.