Amnesty calls on govt to drop charges against Ahmadis, protect their places of worship – Pakistan

Amnesty International on Monday called on the government to issue all charges against all detained Ahmadis in recent weeks and leave it and provide proper protection to the synagogues of Ahmadi places.

On March 1, Daska (Sialkot) police arrested 22 members of the Ahmadiyya community for praying at their religious place.

Then on March 7, the implementation personnel, the implementation personnel, took more than two dozen members of the Ahmadi community into “security custody” when a mob gathered outside his synagogue in Surjani Town in Karachi.

At the end of that day, the police filed a criminal case against more than two dozen members of the Ahmadiyya community and arrested six of the Tahrik Labbic Pakistan (TLP) activist in Surjani town.

The day ago, the police stationed by the Dehran police registered a case against nine people, including seven persons who were told about the members of the Ahli Sunn Wal -Jamaat and two members of the Ahmadiyya community, in which a TLP worker was killed during a quarrel in Chak 166 Murad in Bhawalnagar.

The World Rights Organization said, “The disturbing example of arbitrary arrests, harassment and violence against the Ahmadiyya community is a violation of their right to freedom of religion and faith.” Post X on

Amnesty said, in the last two weeks, more than 60 Ahmadis, including children, have been illegally arrested in Daska, Sargodha and Karachi in Punjab and Sindh, while Ahmadiya’s synagogues have been disgraced in Bahawalnagar and Gujranwala.

“Authorities have filed cases under section 298-C The Pakistan Code of Conduct (the individual of the Quadiani group, etc., declares himself Muslim or preaches his beliefs) that prevents the Ahmadiyya community from calling themselves Muslims or preaching their faith.

Amnesty said, “Amnesty International has called on Pakistani authorities to immediately continue and leave the charges against all Ahmadis who are fully detained to exercise their right to freedom of religion or faith.”

It added: “Local authorities in Pakistan will have to provide proper protection to Ahmadi synagogues and any official engaged in harassment or destruction of Ahmadiyya property should be brought to justice.

“Denying Ahmadis’ freedom of religion and their right to faith is a violation of Articles 20 of the Constitution of Pakistan and the country’s international human rights responsibilities.”

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said last week that it had seen the growing trend of crowded attacks on homes of families belonging to religious minorities, as well as their synagogue.

The HRCP also talked about the “discretion” detention of the Ahmadis, accused of disrespecting their graves and forcible conversion due to Hindu and Christian women.

ReportUnder the title of Under-Sage: Freedom religion or belief in 2023-24, said that more than 750 people were in jail for blasphemy by October last year. He didcument at least four belief -based killings, three of which targeted the Ahmadi community.

The HRCP witnessed the “growing weapons of blasphemy laws against the Ahmadis”, in which most law enforcement officials themselves started these cases.

According to the report, “four cases were filed by police officers against the Ahmadis in Punjab, which reflect the institutional prejudice against the community.”