News stories by Christine M. Sequenzia

  1. Activists Call Out 11 Muslim Member States to Repeal Death Penalty for Blasphemy

    - Inter Press Service

    LOS ANGELES / WASHINGTON DC, Oct 21 (IPS) - Eleven out of 57 members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) still sanction the death penalty for blasphemy and apostasy, silencing their citizens and emboldening violence by non-state actors.

  2. Multi-Faith Team Urges Repeal of Blasphemy Laws -- in the Name of Religious Freedom

    - Inter Press Service

    NEW YORK, Sep 12 (IPS) - In nations lacking certain religious freedoms, the bold multi-faith membership of the International Religious Freedom Roundtable’s Campaign to Eliminate Apostasy and Blasphemy Laws, would be forbidden.

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