Success with protest in Pakistan! Next one planned!

Smiles on their faces young people with the dominion that God provides marching for peace justice and equality in Pakistan.
No fear ! Brave hardy women are involved in the protest.

Swarms of people- our brothers and sisters do not need to rely on British counterparts.

Masses and masses of people working together with the BPCA to make our protest a global event!

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Report written by Xavier Williams (sic):
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Xavier William the General Sectary of Pakistan Christian Congress along with the other council members Mehboob Alam, Saqib Adeel, Zeeshan William and Suleman William led the protest against the Government of Pakistan in conjunction with the UK protest organized by British Pakistani Christian Association led by Alex and Wilson Chowdhry on 19th December 2009.

The Protest started at 1pm from Sadiqabad, near Holy Family Hospital. At the start of the protest only a few people were present, then after a few minutes Father Anwer Patras and many other joined and chanted slogans, urging the Government of Pakistan to immediately repeal the Blasphemy law and give justice to the victims of Gojra, Korian and Sumbrial - cities laid to waste in recent unprovoked religious attacks.

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Father Anwer Patras addressing the protest stressed that the Christians should unite and stand against the Government. He again reiterated upon the Government of Pakistan that should immediately repeal the Blasphemy law by an executive order. He demanded equal rights should be given to Christians and all minority groups in Pakistan. He demanded compensation and justice for the victims of Korian, Gojra and Sumbrial.

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Xavier William, Mehboob Alam and Saqib Adeel also addressed the participants and demanded to be treated equally.

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At the end of the protest Xavier thanked, Alex Chowdhry, Wilson Chowdhry, MEP Jean Lambert of the Green Party, Jasdev Rai of the Sikh Human Rights Group, Women Against Fundamentalism, and Ranbir Sekkhon of the Hindu Human Rights group for their effirst in the UK.

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Xavier also said a prayer for all those involved in the UK Protest

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The procession walked all the way to the Murree road and then dispersed peacefully.

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We promised you a global perspective to our protest and here you have it. As important as our protest was, people in Pakistan have stood against persecution and adversity and have shown that in God they have no fear.

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That such a large number of participants turned up at the Pakistan event arranged by PCC in collaboration and support of the BPCA event in London. Is a great indication of the resolve and determination of our people - who have had enough of being second class citizens. This should spur us on to even greater things and should inspire us to continue the impetus.

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Xavier Williams was given 4 weeks to arrange his protest and it is remarkable, what he has achieved. Yet I am disillusioned by the lack of support in the UK. We here have more fear of retribution and exhibit more apathy than those suffering in Pakistan. How can this be....?!

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Yesterday Xavier Williams gleefuly said:

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"We are extremely grateful to Baroness Cox and MEP Jean Lambert for the great interest they have shown for our cause. We shall keep them in our prayers"

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I give an opportunity to make amends for the lack of involvement in the recent protest. We are arranging a second protest on the 31st July (anniversary of Korian incident and 1 day before Gojra anniversary), at the same times and locations . We would like music participants, speakers and media confirmations as soon as possible, to assist with the planning of the event.