Results 1-5 of 5 for blasphemy speaker:Joanna Tuffy
- Topical Issue Debate: Human Rights Issues (16 Jul 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: I first raised the case of Asia Bibi in 2011 and I have raised it a number of times in the years since then. She has been imprisoned for the past five years since she was accused of the offence of blasphemy in Pakistan. I raise it today because I have read newspaper reports recently that she has been suffering ill health and I understand her solicitors made representations on her behalf...
- Topical Issue Debate: Human Rights Issues (16 Jul 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: ...Asia Bibi on a number of occasions, including last November when he visited Islamabad. If there is an opportunity to do this again will he raise the issue again, as well as the broader case of the blasphemy laws? I understand there was a proposal from the Pakistan Government for a new law to target false accusations of blasphemy because there have been reports that accusations have been...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (23 Oct 2014)
Joanna Tuffy: ...been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) where the Superior Court in Pakistan recently dismissed their appeal and upheld the death sentence which was passed on them four years ago for blasphemy and if we as a country may intercede on behalf of this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40757/14]
- Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (24 May 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: Question 68: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update in respect of the case of Mrs. Asia Bibi who has been sentenced to death for blasphemy and is in prison awaiting appeal of her case to a superior court in Pakistan; if there has been any follow up by his Department in respect of conveying through diplomatic channels the sentiments...
- Human Rights Issues (7 Mar 2012)
Joanna Tuffy: I raise the matter of the need for reform of the blasphemy laws in Pakistan on the first anniversary of the murder of Mr. Shabaz Bhatti, a former Pakistani Federal Minister for Minorities who was an outspoken critic of these laws. He also supported the case of Mrs. Asia Bibi who was imprisoned under these laws and whose case is on appeal. The matter is being raised on a cross-party basis...