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Title: Pakistan Christian Converts Could Face Death Penalty For Leaving Islam Post by: Shammu on May 14, 2007, 09:13:20 PM Pakistan Christian Converts Could Face Death Penalty For Leaving Islam
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A key human rights group in Pakistan has expressed "grave concern" over government plans to introduce an anti-apostasy law under which those leaving Islam, including Christian coverts, could face the death penalty or life imprisonment. In a statement monitored by BosNewsLife on Monday, May 14, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said, "It is imperative that the authorities carefully consider any decision in this regard given the tendency to abuse laws in the country." The HRCP noted that already the controversial "blasphemy law" is "widely used to settle petty, personal disputes" which it claimed inflicted suffering "on many innocent persons through its misuse." The human rights group urged the government to realize that a "great many other issues of national significance currently face the country, and perhaps deserve greater attention than apostasy" which it stressed "could open up a new and dangerous controversy." More........ Pakistan Christian Converts Could Face Death Penalty For Leaving Islam (http://www.bosnewslife.com/news/2942-pakistan-christian-converts-could-face-death) |