Tag: USCIRF Commissioner Stephen Schneck

By Muslim Mirror Desk USCIRF, or the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, denounced the remissioned sentences for 11 men who were found guilty of rape and murder in the Bilkis Bano case on Friday. According to the panel, the judgement was "unjustified" and followed a pattern in India where people who commit acts of violence against religious minorities are frequently left unpunished. Calling the early release of the convicts a “travesty of justice”, USCIRF Commissioner Stephen Schneck said it was part of a “pattern of impunity” for those involved in...