DR Congo: Bishops Denounce Worsening Human Rights Situation
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DR Congo: Bishops Denounce Worsening Human Rights Situation

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Catholic bishops in the Democratic Republic of Congo “deplore” that the human rights situation in the country has worsened in recent months under President Felix Tsisekedi, especially since initial progress was made when the president came to power three years ago. In a March 3 statement, the prelates said human rights activists were being oppressed…

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Pakistan: Religious Minorities Subject to Worrying Developments

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Our religion obliges us to kill the blasphemer. People would not have taken the law into their own hands had the courts hanged Asia maloona [accursed],” she replied with a cold stare, referring to Asia Bibi, the Catholic woman acquitted of blasphemy in 2018 after spending eight years on death row. I felt as if I was…