Eighty Incidents in Eighteen Months: IHRC Launches Its Report on the Persecution of Ahmadis in Pakistan at Jalsa Salana UK

Eighty Incidents in Eighteen Months: IHRC Launches Its Report on the Persecution of Ahmadis in Pakistan at Jalsa Salana UK

Behind the structure lie individual lives. Dr. Sheikh Mahmood, a 58-year-old gastroenterologist, was shot dead inside his own hospital in Sargodha on 16 May 2025, after hate flyers naming Ahmadi professionals as “worthy of death” had circulated nationwide. Tahir Mahmood, aged 71, arrested for attending Friday prayers, died in police custody after being beaten and denied bail. Muhammad Asif, a 19-year-old student, was murdered in Kasur in April 2025. In October 2025, Rabwah — the community’s headquarters city — came under a coordinated extremist attack after days of open incitement, with law enforcement largely absent. And on 27 December 2025, a court sentenced Mubarak Sani to life imprisonment for memorising and teaching the Qur’an, a ruling the report describes as extending state punishment from expression into the realm of belief and conscience itself.

Religious Persecution in Pakistan: The Systematic Targeting of Ahmadis

Religious Persecution in Pakistan: The Systematic Targeting of Ahmadis

CAP Liberté de Conscience and the International Human Rights  Committee (IHRC) are ringing the alarm bells over the continuing erosion of religious freedom in Pakistan.  In a recent joint report submitted to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or  Belief, these organizations continued to highlight the systematic and widespread violations of the rights of religious minorities with a  focus on the Ahmadiyya Muslim community. The report shows that international intervention is desperately required  to prevent the further persecution of Ahmadis in Pakistan, a community that has been persecuted for its beliefs  for years.   

The 2024 Warsaw Conference is focused on advocating for the rights of Ahmadi Muslim asylum seekers.

The 2024 Warsaw Conference is focused on advocating for the rights of Ahmadi Muslim asylum seekers.

On the 8th of October 2024, at the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference hosted by CAP Liberté de Conscience a side-event was held to discuss the challenges faced by Ahmadi refugees in Europe. The discussion was led by two speakers – Willy Fautré from Human Rights Without Frontiers and Nasim Malik, from Sweden who also General Secretary of the International Human Rights Committee (IHRC).

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