NEW YORK — A report on religious freedom in Pakistan reveals that persecution of minority groups, particularly young girls, and the use of the justice system to target Christians have escalated.
The European Center for Law and Justice, a nongovernmental group, compiled the report showing that minority girls in Pakistan face an increasing threat of abduction, forced conversion to Islam and forced marriage to Muslim men. The report says government entities in Pakistan are not taking appropriate steps to stop the trend.
According to the human rights group International Christian Concern, the ECLJ report also states that law enforcement, the justice system, “blasphemy” laws and bonded labor are being used to accuse, entrap or incarcerate religious minorities, especially Christians.
The ECLJ submitted its report to the United Nations Human Rights Council. Every three or four years, the U.N. — through its Universal Periodic Review program — is supposed to examine the level of human rights experienced in every country in the world, ICC stated.
Pakistan is No. 8 on Open Doors’ 2022 World Watch List of places most difficult to be a Christian.
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