Pakistan: Women s rights activists face new allegations of blasphemy dw.com 2 hrs ago S. Khan (Islamabad)
Politicians and rights activists have said organizers of Pakistan s Women s March are being threatened with dangerous blasphemy accusations by religious conservatives. © picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS Activists dance at a Women s Day rally in Islamabad on March 8
While organizers of Pakistan s Women s Marchhave long been the subject of threats and criticism, allegations of blasphemy could put women s rights activists in a new kind of danger.
Blasphemy accusations have resulted in killings in the past, and human rights activists believe that these allegations have created a widespread climate of fear, especially for women s rights advocates.
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