A network of lawyers and police in Pakistan is accused of exploiting blasphemy laws for profit, trapping innocent people in risky legal battles. Read more: https://ecspe.org/blasphemy-for-profit-exposing-the-dark-operations-of-a-legal-network-in-pakistan/
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Forced Conversion
and Religious Persecution
The Human Rights Crisis Facing Religious Minorities
What Is Forced Conversion How It Happens
Forced conversion means changing a person's | ® Abduction of girls from
religion under threats, coercion or abduction. homes or public places.
In Pakistan, religious minorities—especially ® Coercion to convert
Christian and Hindu girls—are most often under duress and
targeted. legal manipulation.
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* Nearly 1,000 Hindu and Christian girls are forced conversions as “marriage” or “consent”
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[5] Shamraiz Masih, 14, forcibly taken Legal and Social Challenges
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@ Laiba Masih, age disputed, abducted conversion in Pakistan, leaving minors
and converted with a marriage certificate unprotected.
falsely stating she was older. ® Efforts to pass laws against forced
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