Truth will set you Free
Nadia Stephen Publisher
Voice For Justice & Jubilee Campaign, collective report on Forced Conversions, forced marriages, sexual abuse & abduction of Christian girls & women in Pakistan
9 Dec 2022
Voice For Justice has published collective report with collaboration of Jubilee Campaign USA regarding Forced Conversions, forced marriages, sexual abuse & abduction of Christian girls & women in Pakistan.
International human rights law guarantees individuals the right to adopt, change, or retain a religion of one's choice. While the right to religious freedom, in principle, comprises the right to peaceful attempts to convert other people and evangelize, including through teaching, this right does not protect “improper proselytism”, such as the offering of material or social advantage or the application of improper pressure with a view to gaining new adherents. However, the right to not be forced to convert is implied in the right to religious conversion, which must necessarily mean voluntary or “non-coerced” conversion
A total of 100 cases related to abduction, forced conversion, and forced marriages of Christian girls were reported across the country between January 2019 and October 2022. The year 2021 recorded 42 cases (42%) and exhibited an increase in the number of cases formally reported in 2019 (27 cases; 27%), 2020 (12 cases; 12%), and between January and October 2022 (19 cases; 19%)
For years we have found this trend to be an undeniable disgrace. Now, we welcome Voice for Justice's present report which will serve as a vital tool to further galvanize global action to eradicate forced conversions and child marriages in Pakistan and advance children's rights worldwide ; Annigje Buwalda, Esq. Executive Director, Jubilee Campaign said