In December 2021, Pakistan passed a law to improve the investigation and trial of rape cases. It promised special courts, trained investigators, support centres and trials that should preferably finish within four months. Nearly five years later, many survivors still wait for justice. Government records show that the four provinces registered […]
A 25-year-old Christian woman lies in a hospital bed in Punjab, fighting not only for her health but for a sense of dignity that was violently taken from her. Her body bears the marks of an assault that should never have happened; her voice, though weak, carries a quiet but unwavering […]
In a small village in Punjab’s Faisalabad Division, fear returned under the cover of darkness. A Christian family, already carrying the unbearable weight of a brutal crime against their child, now finds itself under siege — not just by memory, but by men determined to silence them. On April 12, violence […]