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Pakistan: Christian woman sentenced to death over WhatsApp messages
Pakistan: Christian woman sentenced to death over WhatsApp messages

A Christian mother of four in Pakistan, former nurse Shagufta Kiran, has been fined 300,000 Pakistani Rupees (€950) and, appallingly, sentenced to death for sharing allegedly blasphemous messages on WhatsApp – but legal advocates, supported by a leading Catholic charity – have vowed to appeal the conviction.

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Unjustly imprisoned for eight years in Pakistan: “God was with me in this struggle”
Unjustly imprisoned for eight years in Pakistan: “God was with me in this struggle”

Shagufta Kausar was falsely accused of blasphemy. For almost eight years she was separated from her family, her husband was beaten and tortured, and they were pressured to convert to Islam. Now free, she tells in an interview with Aid to the Church in Need how she found strength in her faith.

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