U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Issues
2011 Report, Honors Shahbaz Bhatti
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom USCIRF has issued its 2011 Annual Report.
Front Cover: KHUSHPUR, Pakistan, March 4, 2011 – Pakistanis carry the coffin of Shahbaz
Bhatti, Pakistan‘s slain minister of minorities.
This year the annual report of The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom USCIRF carries a Special Inscription to the late Shahbaz Bhatti, a Pakistani Christian who served as Minister for Minority Affairs.
The report begins with this dedication: “The 2011 Annual Report is dedicated to the memory of Shahbaz Bhatti, the Pakistani Federal Minister for Minorities Affairs. Shahbaz was a courageous advocate for the religious freedoms of all Pakistanis, and he was assassinated on March 2 by the Pakistani Taliban for those efforts”
Bhatti, Pakistan‘s slain minister of minorities, was assassinated March 2 by the Pakistani Taliban for campaigning against the country‘s blasphemy laws.
Bhatti, 42, a close friend of USCIRF, warned in a Washington visit just one month before his death that he had received numerous death threats.
More than 15,000 persons attended his funeral.
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U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Issues
2011 Report, Honors Shahbaz Bhatti
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom USCIRF has issued its 2011 Annual Report.
Front Cover: KHUSHPUR, Pakistan, March 4, 2011 – Pakistanis carry the coffin of Shahbaz
Bhatti, Pakistan‘s slain minister of minorities.
This year the annual report of The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom USCIRF carries a Special Inscription to the late Shahbaz Bhatti, a Pakistani Christian who served as Minister for Minority Affairs.
The report begins with this dedication: “The 2011 Annual Report is dedicated to the memory of Shahbaz Bhatti, the Pakistani Federal Minister for Minorities Affairs. Shahbaz was a courageous advocate for the religious freedoms of all Pakistanis, and he was assassinated on March 2 by the Pakistani Taliban for those efforts”
Bhatti, Pakistan‘s slain minister of minorities, was assassinated March 2 by the Pakistani Taliban for campaigning against the country‘s blasphemy laws.
Bhatti, 42, a close friend of USCIRF, warned in a Washington visit just one month before his death that he had received numerous death threats.
More than 15,000 persons attended his funeral.
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