Pakistan report: ‘blasphemy’ trials fundamentally unfair

People accused of violating Pakistan’s draconian ‘blasphemy laws’ face proceedings that are glaringly flawed, said the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in a new report published last week. “Pakistan’s blasphemy laws fly in the face of Pakistan’s international legal obligations, including the duties to respect the rights of freedom of expression and freedom of religion…

Joint Statement of Concern on Vietnam’s Draft Law on Religion

We, the undersigned civil society organisations, are concerned that Vietnam’s draft Law on Belief and Religion is inconsistent with the right to freedom of religion or belief. We call upon the Government to comprehensively revise the draft Law to conform with Vietnam’s obligations under international human rights law in the course of an inclusive consultation…