Gender: Female
Perpetrator: Pakistan
Religion or Belief: Hindu
Date of Detainment: April//2025
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Forced Renunciation of Faith
Radha Bheel was subjected to forced renunciation of faith.
In April 2025, 14-year-old Radha Bheel, a Hindu girl from Hyderabad, was abducted at gunpoint from her home by three men. Bheel was soon converted to Islam, renamed "Muskan," and married to one of her abductors, a factory coworker of her father. Her father filed a first information report (FIR) under Sections 365-B and 34 of the Pakistani Penal Code. Police officers dismissed the likelihood of a forced conversion through marriage and failed to recover and produce Bheel in court, leading to a community protest.
Gender: Female
Perpetrator: Pakistan
Religion or Belief: Hindu
Date of Detainment: May//2025
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Forced Renunciation of Faith
Saneha Meghwar was subjected to forced renunciation of faith.
In May 2025, 15-year-old Megwhar, a Hindu girl from Rohri Taluka, Sukkur District, was abducted at gunpoint by three armed men who broke into her family's home in the middle of the night. She was forcibly converted to Islam, renamed "Hajra," and married. Her abductor brought her to Barkondi Sharif in District Ghotki, and she produced an affidavit claiming she converted and married of her own free will. Her father filed a first information report (FIR) at Jhangro Police Station, but police authorities failed to recover Meghwar or produce her in court.
Gender: Female
Perpetrator: Pakistan
Religion or Belief: Christian – Unspecified/Other
Date of Detainment: April//2025
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Forced Renunciation of Faith
Jessica Iqbal was subjected to forced renunciation of faith.
In April 2025, Iqbal, a Christian girl from Lahore, was abducted from her home by a neighbor. Her father subsequently filed a first information report (FIR).
In May 2025, she appeared before a court and testified that she converted to Islam and married voluntarily. During court proceedings, Jessica was reluctant to say the Kalima (Islamic conversion proclamation) or answer questions about Islam, raising doubts that her conversion was uncoerced. Her parents reported that Jessica, after making her statement, told them she was "fearful for [their] lives."