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A non-profit social enterprise limited by guarantee company ref: 08732752Administratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10465951047922821288noreply@blogger.comBlogger1406125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647541210154296776.post-38892823063425112102014-07-29T19:56:00.001+01:002014-07-29T19:56:23.583+01:00A new home for the BPCA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Administratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10465951047922821288noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647541210154296776.post-89698288489462565672014-07-14T18:56:00.000+01:002014-07-27T02:06:14.144+01:00Eden Christian Centre "International Day" Celebration <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Eden Christian Centre held their first ever outdoor event for "International Day" on Sundy 13th July 2014. The long serving celebration held by the global Apostolic church, commemorates the diverse cultures within their congregations. This year Pastor Bryon Jones of the Ilford based parish, chose to share the day with the local community, to create stronger links with local people and to identify the church as a place of hope, joy and new beginnings.<br />
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The day was filled with exciting family activities including, live music and dance, henna art, face painting, funfair, bouncy castle, a quiz, talent competition and free international food - cooked and served by members of the congregation.Hundreds of visitors attended the event throughout the day, which also coincided with the FIFA World Cup final this year. Our BPCA Team provided free Henna Painting and Punjabi outreach. Wilson Chowdhry our Chairman was event organiser and is a member of this local congregation.</div>
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The church were joined by Redbridge Enterprise who held a swap shop which enabled local people to exchange unwanted CD's, books, clothes and other items for alternatives. They also provided a treasure hunt, advice on local recycling, a seed planting activity for children and a World Cup badge making activity to coincide with the build up to the final. An exciting penalty shoot out competition was also held at the church car park and the winner won a giant football. </div>
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The event had a spiritual dimension too and visitors were invited to receive prayer for healing and other needs. They were also given opportunity to learn more about the Christian faith and the relevance of the church in modern times. </div>
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<span style="color: blue;">"We were so excited about sharing our special day with the local community and were not disappointed, as local people from varied cultures joined us all day for a time of fun and feasting. The event was packed from the start to the very end."</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">"We believe the event went some way towards dispelling myths about the Christian faith and highlighted the joy that comes from true faith in Christ. Moreover, it gave us great joy to pray with local people over their individual concerns - we hope now our church has become a more welcoming beacon of hope."</span></div>
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As for the blasphemy laws, they “are a true instrument of institutional violence and suppression on behalf of the state religion”, conclude Bouvier and Cosadia. Under Article 295 C of the Pakistani
Penal Code, “anyone who desecrates the name of the Prophet Muhammad faces the death penalty.
Members of religious minorities are harassed, tortured by the police or by inmates or guards while in
prison, physically assaulted during trials, and heavily sentenced each year by the judiciary. The
sentences”, as substantive documentation on the matter clearly shows, “are often based on false
accusations and slanderous denunciations. Even Muslims are victims of this fallacious legislation each
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<b> This temporary banner at Eden Christian Centre informs the community of their forthcoming International Day Celebration.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Eden Christian Centre host their first ever outdoor community event termed "International Day" on Sunday 13th September 2014. The date traditionally celebrates the cultural diversity within the Apostolic Church. However, Pastor Bryon Jones who leads the church on Connaught Road, is using the day to create stronger links between the church and local people.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The day begins with a service within the main church hall on Connaught Road, Ilford, Essex, IG1 1RN. A chance to worship God in prayer, Praise and Worship and a chance to hear His Word.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"We have set this date aside in our Church calendar to remember God's word is for all people irrespective of culture. Moreover Christ spoke of the need to 'Love thy Brother' explaining the bond of brother was extended to all humanity."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Following the service form 2pm to 5pm a community event will take place in the car park of the Prince of Wales Pub. This will include; Live music and dance, free international food, World Cup Badge making, Treasure hunt, planting workshop, Children's art workshop, Bouncy castle, funfair, henna and face painting and much more.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Eden Christian Centre label themselves as 'Church without walls,' events such as </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">these cement that theme and illustrate the innovative way in which modern churches are interacting with their communities. A bridge building exercise which fosters local cohesion and reinforces the relevancy of Christianity in modern times.</span></span><br />
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Security forces, including Pakistan’s intelligence agencies, were implicated in a number of gruesome
murders and disappearances of political activists from nationalist parties and ‘suspected insurgents’.
As an Amnesty International report noted: “Muzaffar Bhutto, a senior member of a Sindhi nationalist
political party in Pakistan, was found dead on 22nd May 2011, after being allegedly abducted by plain-
clothed intelligence agents and police on 25th February 2011. Amnesty International calls for the
killing to be investigated and the perpetrators to be brought to justice. Muzaffar Bhutto was the
General-Secretary of Jeay Sindh Muttaheda Mahaz (JSMM), an ethnic Sindhi nationalist party. He
was found dead on 22nd May in Bukhari village, near Hyderabad city in Sindh province. On 25th
February 2011, he was allegedly abducted by plain-clothed intelligence agents and police in
Hyderabad city, Sindh province. Witnesses said around 20 men in plain clothes came out of unmarked
cars and detained Muzaffar Bhutto at gunpoint. He was not seen again until his dead body was
recovered. His body was reportedly found stuffed in a gunny bag, bearing torture marks with two
bullet wounds, one to the head and one to his chest. The manner of Muzaffar Bhutto’s abduction, and
the dumping and condition of his body fits a consistent and repeated pattern of enforced
disappearances and extrajudicial executions of political activists and suspected insurgents by
Pakistan’s security forces including its intelligence agencies”
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"This day will be a day of great feasting, fun and fellowship with local people . We hope to build bridges with the local community whilst sharing the principles of our faith dispelling any myths held about Christianity and reminding people of the relevance of Christianity in modern society."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The day coincides with the final of the football world cup and the church will be holding a penalty-shoot out competition in sympathy with this. Moreover, they will be joined by Habiba Ahmed of Redbridge Recycling who will hold a treasure hunt and children's activity using recycled material to make World Cup badges. She will also be holding a local swap shop where unwanted items can be exchanged for other used items such as CD's, books and trinkets.</span></div>
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With a population estimated at over 187 million and as the fifth most populous country in the world and the second most populous country with a Muslim majority Pakistan has been experiencing a major human rights crisis in recent years.
Minority Rights Group International, in its annual State of the World’s Minorities reports for both 2007 and 2008, for example, placed Pakistan in the top ten (out of nearly 200 states) of its lists of states violating minority rights. “The recent wave of intolerance toward minorities”, Ahmed Rashid has argued, “is a sign of the rapid deterioration of the very idea of Pakistan. Many Pakistanis have forgotten that <b>when Muhammad Ali Jinnah founded Pakistan in 1947, it was not partitioned from India to become an Islamic state. It was conceived as a democratic state for Muslims and all minorities, who could live together and worship freely. The white stripe down the side of Pakistan’s green flag represents those minorities, the non-Muslims, who would be forever protected and treated as equal citizens by the majority-Muslim population</b>.<br />
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The flag itself illustrates their presence, and is a commitment to their survival. [But] the recent mayhem in the country has been the most disturbing since 1947, because it totally repudiates those founding principles” sharp contrast to the symbolism reflected on the Pakistani flag”. In 2011, Minority Rights Group International “ranked Pakistan as the sixth-most-dangerous country in the world for minorities”, with “Ahmadiyya, Balochis, Hindus, Mohajirs, Pashtun, Sindhis, other religious minorities” listed as those most under threat.
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In this highly politicised context in which human rights violations against the ‘minority Other’ have been taking place in Pakistan, and many asylum seekers and human rights campaigners have been – and are being – targeted for deportation and/or criminalisation in the UK for exposing the injustices
and targeting that befalls the ‘minority Other’, we hope that concerned members of parliament, the
public, anti-deportation campaigners, asylum seekers appealing their deportation notices, human
rights organisations and campaigners, policy makers, lawyers, students, academics and church and
other faith and non-faith groups will find this report of use and reflect upon its findings. Selective
quotations from key reports, books and articles have been used, and extensive referencing of sources
has been used, particularly in Chapters 2 and 3, so that asylum seekers and anti-deportation
campaigners and lawyers, concerned parliamentarians, as well as human rights organisations, concerned faith and non-faith groups and other campaign groups, in particular, can refer to them in
relevant case-work, parliamentary and campaign work. Genocide scholars and Genocide Prevention campaigning organisations (of which there are many), together with investigative journalists, will hopefully also find this report of relevance to their work.
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">PEOPLE
fleeing Mosul following the attacks by ISIS militants are to receive emergency
help from Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need, amid growing signs that
the country is lurching towards civil war.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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grant of €100,000 will provide food and shelter for many of the 3,000
Christians who poured into the mainly Christian villages in the Nineveh Plains
outside Mosul.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fled in the wake of the city’s capture by Wahhabi militants the Islamic State
of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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news comes as the charity for persecuted and other suffering Christians was
told by Auxiliary Chaldean (Catholic) Bishop Saad Sirop Hanna of Baghdad that
civil war would spell “the end…, especially for us Christians”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Speaking
yesterday (Wednesday, 18<sup>th</sup> June) from the Iraqi capital, Bishop
Sirop said: “We fear a civil war. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“If
the various different opposing internal parties do not succeed in finding an
agreement, then we must expect the worst.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Another
war would mean the end, especially for us Christians.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Echoing
concerns about international military intervention made on Monday (16<sup>th</sup>
June) by Latin-rite Catholic Archbishop Jean Sleiman of Baghdad, Bishop Sirop
called for diplomatic pressure – especially from the USA – to reach an accord
between the leaders of Iraq, Sunni and Shi‘a in particular. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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said: “More than a week has passed since the invasion of Mosul by… ISIS and
still there is no common political plan. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Only
an Iraq based on consent and reconciliation within can react to external
dangers. Shi‘as and Sunnis have to understand that nothing will be resolved by
violence.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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bishop said that the present crisis in Iraq is a direct consequence of the war
of 2003 and of the inefficiency of the new democratic system which, he added:
“cannot function if there is no true reconciliation”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Describing
an upsurge of people requesting Baptismal certificates to enable them to leave
the capital, the bishop said the young in particular were anxious to flee. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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response to the exodus taking place in the Mosul area, Chaldean (Catholic)
Archbishop Amel Nona of Mosul is co-ordinating ACN’s emergency relief project.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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A Pakistani Christian politician, an MPA in the Balochistan Provincial Assembly Mr Handery Masih, was assassinated outside his home by his own bodyguard today. He died of his injuries in hospital shortly after. His nephew was also injured in the assault by bodyguard Ghulam Mohi-ud-din, according to reports from the scene. <br />
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BPCA chairman Mr Wilson Chowdhry said '<span style="color: blue;">I am saddened, but not surprised, to hear that another Christian politician has been gunned down in Pakistan. We may not know the precise reason, but this is doubtless yet another manifestation of the extreme anti-Christian bigotry that pervades Pakistani society and culture as a whole, an state of extreme moral bankruptcy. I join with Christian politicians in Pakistan to hold the government to account for allowing such a situation to develop, and not doing nearly enough to uphold basic principles of human rights when it comes to Christians and other minorities in Pakistan'. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Meriam has just given birth to a daughter in prison and has a 2-year-old son by her husband, Daniel Wani. She has continually refused to renounce Christianity and her adherrance to her faith has resulted in the Court ruling that she must stay in prison for two years to nurse her baby. After this grace period she will then be executed. It is not known when the flogging is scheduled.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 16.799999237060547px;">"We call on President Omar al Bashir to direct the Sudanese Courts and Government to drop all charges and release Meriam Ibrahim immediately, to allow freedom to convert to Christianity in law and to guarantee the safety of Christians and the ancient Sudanese Church."</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Christian persecution in the Islamic world has reached unprecedented levels. Extremist ideology has been endorsed by fanatical religious leaders and knitted into the fabric of their societies, through stigmatised national curriculum within these intolerant states. This has bred hatred towards minorities and culminated in alienation and conflict."</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Christians have now become the most persecuted faith adherents in the world. Moreover, the affect of these acts of violence and oppression has been an increase in the societal differences in our own communities. Fascist groups in the UK and other western countries have gained support due to the misunderstandings that these acts of aggression foster in our own communities."</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I was moved by the suffering of innocent Meriam Ibrahim. There was once two million Jews in the Middle East and North Africa, now only around 400,000 remain. The conditions faced by minorities living in the region has reached a nadir."</span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The BPCA will be collaborating with Christian Voice to hold a witness for Meriam Ibrahim outside the
Sudanese Embassy on <st1:date day="6" month="6" w:st="on" year="2014">Friday 6<sup>th</sup>
June 2014</st1:date> from <st1:time hour="14" minute="0" w:st="on">2pm</st1:time>
to <st1:time hour="16" minute="0" w:st="on">4pm</st1:time>.</span></b><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Sign our petition here:</span></b><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 19px;"><b><a href="http://www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/savemeriamibrahim">(click here)</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">This is despite false reports of Meriam's imminent
release.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The address of the
Sudanese Embassy is 3 <st1:city w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:city> Row, St. James, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city></st1:place> SW1A 1DD <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Meriam Ibrahim is
the Christian Sudanese doctor sentenced to death and to 100 lashes for
apostasy, that is converting from Islam to Christianity, and for adultery, that
is marrying a man who is not a Muslim. Despite Meriam being brought up by her
mother as a Christian, she counts as Muslim according to Sudanese law because
her father was Muslim. Her marriage
doesn’t count.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Meriam has just
given birth to a daughter in prison and has a 2-year-old son by her husband,
Daniel Wani. She has refused to renounce
Christianity. The Court says she must stay in prison for two years to nurse her
baby and will then be executed. It is
not know when the flogging is scheduled.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Stephen Green,
National Director of Christian Voice, said today: <span style="color: blue;">‘The <st1:country-region w:st="on">Sudan</st1:country-region> court decision has at last been condemned
by all <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place>
political leaders, but to our knowledge, no-one has yet taken a protest to the
Embassy itself.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="color: blue;">‘We are calling
the Church to give thanks for Meriam’s courage and to pray for her release, but
for those who are near enough, sparing a few hours on a Friday afternoon is the
least we can do.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">A couple of hours
after Christian Voice posted the call to witness on Saturday 31st May, a
Sudanese government foreign-office official was reported as saying that Meriam
would be released 'within days'. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Stephen Green
responded: ‘<span style="color: blue;">This apparent answer to prayer was dashed even quicker. The official had no authority to make such a
statement, her husband said he had heard nothing, and her lawyer now says the
judicial process must be gone through before any release.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="color: blue;">‘We call on
President Omar al-Bashir to direct the Sudanese Courts and Government to drop
all charges and release Meriam Ibrahim immediately, to allow freedom to convert
to Christianity in law and to guarantee the safety of Christians and the
ancient Sudanese Christian Church in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Sudan</st1:country-region></st1:place>.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: 19px;">"Christians living in the Islamic World are facing unprecedented levels of persecution and oppression. Asia Bibi a Pakistani mother of 5 sentenced to death for an alleged blasphemy has had to suffer the ignominy of five failed Appeal hearings, because judges are to frightened or extreme in their views to preside over a trial. Incarcerated for over five years her case mirrors that of Meriam, in that she has been detained in prison for no other crime then adherence to her faith."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 19px;">He added;</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 19px;"><span style="color: blue;">"This incident only serves to magnify societal differences and affects each of us in our own communities. People of good conscience from all faiths must unite in condemnation of this act of oppression, if not, one day we may face similar prejudice where we are."</span></span><br />
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<b>The UK Border Agency rejected his assertion that his family had been threatened and his brother beaten by militants looking for him</b>. In other words, they think it was made up. One of the reasons they gave for disbelieving him is that his family also never went to the authorities. The fixation the BA official has with the fact that people did not go to the police indicates ignorance of the fact that very many crime victims do not go to the police in Pakistan because of police corruption and fear of blackmail by the police.<br />
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<b>Christians especially have found that going to police often means police refusing to take reports of incidents, and, indeed, often using the kidnap of Christian girls as a pretext to coerce and blackmail parents into converting to Islam.</b><br />
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killing' a 25-year-old pregnant woman was stoned to death by her own family at
the gate of Lahore High Court in Pakistan Tuesday for marrying the man of her
choice.</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />According to Police,Farzana
Parveen, resident of Faisalabad, had married Mohammad Iqbal of Jaranwala a few
months ago against the wishes of her family.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nearly 20 people attacked both the husband and wife in broad daylight before a crowd of people and in the presence
of security guards. The </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">husband later described how police watched the attack silently.Farzana, who was three-months pregnant, died
while her husband managed to escape.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today Thursday,29 May,2014,<span style="line-height: 22px;">Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif took notice
of the murder of a 25-year-old pregnant woman during an honour killing in front of
Lahore High Court. He has ordered an inquiry into why the police apparently
stood by during the whole incident.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Advocate Sardar Mushtaq Gill,a Human Rights Defender
and Chief of LEAD along with his team of LEAD consisting of Farazana
Sardar,Coordinator of Women Rights,Aric John Advocate,legal Advisor, Sayhoon
Eric,Media coordinator and Qaiser Younas ,Court Clerk were present at the Lahore
High Court when this incident happened. The violence broke out during the Appeal hearing of Christian mother of five; Asia Bibi, which was again cancelled unexpectedly.
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<b>Asia Bibi's Children just want to be with their mother!</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Pakistan: Asia Bibi the Christian mother of five who is facing a death penalty and his been incarcerated for five years, was devastated on discovering her Appeal Hearing has been cancelled today. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Please sign our petition for Asia Bibi <a href="http://www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/justice4asia">(Click here)</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is now the fifth deferment of Asia Bibi's appeal against the false blasphemy charges that have ruined her life and devastated her family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Advocate Mushtaq Gill said;</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"We have concerns about
those who are languishing in jails due to their faith including Asia Bibi and
innocent Sawan Masih, but the mob of extremists who burnt Christian homes
including Churches in Bedami Bagh, Lahore are walking free without
punishment." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Recently,a man accused of blasphemy,Khalil Ahmed was shot dead by extremists.He was
killed </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by teenage boy</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> while in police detention, hours after he was
arrested.It was the second murder involving the blasphemy issuelaws within this
month. Human rights activist Rashid Rehman was also shot dead while he was sitting
in his chamber.His murderers have not yet been apprehended despite, reports that he named those who threatened him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mushtaq Gill added;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"This is a country where a judge had to flee abroad
after convicting murderer of governor Salmaan Taseer. In</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> fact, the blasphemy law has become an instrument
of persecution even against those who defend the accused."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Human Rights activists in Pakistan believe the current climate for minorities has reached a Nadir. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mustaq Gill said;</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"We are in arguably one of the worst times ever to be a religious
minority in Pakistan.We are seeing unprecedented levels of marginalisation and
violence against religious minorities in Pakistan under the umbrella of the blasphemy law .How we can think about religious liberty ,freedom of thought and
expression if there is law which discriminate and that is safeguard of only
particularly religion and its faiths;and where no fair trial and unfair
detainment just because of having difference of faith.These words are only in
written form that we are all born free and equal but in reality practice is
different."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He added;</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"The state
is stamped with a religion and is constitutionally called Islamic Republic of
Pakistan.We Christians and other religious minorities seek advice on what to do about it? We
demand a secular state in which we all can enjoy equal rights and be treated
equally before the law.We wish to promote peace and religious harmony in Pakistan
but how it can be possible under the influence of religious extremists.This is a major problem, which the state has to take seriously." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wilson Chowdhry Chairman of the BPCA was disappointed at hearing news of this further delay. He questioned the validity of the law courts and the intentions of a Government unwilling to offer presidential pardon for Asia, a long term victim of draconian laws. He said;</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"It is evident to me that the law courts of Pakistan are unable to uphold truth and justice. Whether it is fear of reprisals or simply extremism that is preventing judges form presiding over this appeal trial, matters not. The simple truth is that international conventions are being breached, and Asia Bibi is not being given her basic human right to a fair trial." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He added;</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"It is time for the the Government of Pakistan to accept their responsibility to care for this persecuted citizen. The president of the country should immediately pardon Asia and allow her the freedom and protection she deserves."</span></div>
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I have been contacted on several occasions by Pakistani Christian asylum seekers desperate for help with preparing their appeal. I have also been contacted by the chaplain at Yarl’s Wood detention centre out concern over the lack of support they are receiving. Twin sisters at Yarl’s Wood, who cannot be named, told me that one of them had been kidnapped after refusing to convert to Islam.<b> In another case, one woman’s entire family in Pakistan is </b><b>suffering because her nephew has refused to convert to Islam. Instead of her nephew, she has </b><b>had to pay the price of his refusal, having been tortured and sexually assaulted by the </b><b>Pakistani police during investigations</b>. She is still wanted by the Pakistani police and it is not clear what the outcome of this situation will be.<br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
any Westerner has any doubt as to the severity of the situation, t<b>hey need only
consider the accusation of blasphemy levelled against an 8<sup>th</sup> grade
pupil at a school near Abbottabad because she misspelled a word in a class
test. The school’s decision to expel her only proves the extent to which the
blasphemy laws are being misused.</b> Yet, the British Government appears almost
determined not to let any asylum seeker in, no matter how desperate or endangered
their lives back home are. From the moment they submit their application for <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b><br /></b></span><span lang="EN-US"><b>All proceeds from the sale of the book support the work of the BPCA. Much of the early sales will be used to support victims of the Peshawar bomb attacks - December 2013.</b></span>Administratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10465951047922821288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647541210154296776.post-30528749234664705562014-05-13T16:47:00.003+01:002014-05-13T16:52:24.466+01:00Boko Haram wants to “hurt the heart of Nigeria”<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Archbishop Kaigama</span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">(Original interview by Maria Lozano) <o:p></o:p></span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">THE leader of
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:personname w:st="on">Nigeria</st1:personname></st1:place></st1:country-region>’s Catholics
has spoken out – expressing his concerns for the girls kidnapped in the north of
the country last month.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Archbishop Ignatius
Kaigama of Jos, President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria,
described his anguish over the plight of the 276 schoolgirls still being held by
Boko Haram.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">They were among more
than 300 students seized by members of the terrorist group from a secondary
school in Chibok, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:personname w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on"><st1:personname w:st="on">Borno</st1:personname></st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on"><st1:personname w:st="on">State</st1:personname></st1:placetype></st1:personname></st1:place> on
the night of 14<sup>th</sup>–15<sup>th</sup> April.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Speaking to Aid to the
Church in Need during the charity’s international Religious Freedom Conference
in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:personname w:st="on">Malta</st1:personname></st1:place></st1:country-region>, the prelate
said: “I am very worried. These girls have never been outside of their village,
and now they are in the bush.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">He added: “I just pray
that the religious values that Boko Haram promotes are sufficient to influence
them to respect the dignity of these girls. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“They are just innocent
girls and every human being feels bad about this. Life is
sacred.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Asked why he thought the
terrorist group had carried out the kidnappings, Archbishop Kaigama replied:
“They wanted to hurt the heart of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:personname w:st="on">Nigeria</st1:personname></st1:place></st1:country-region>.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;">For the
prelate this latest outrage seems to show that Boko Haram is continuing to
target the Christian community.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">He said: “Most of the
girls are Christian. The majority of the girls who escaped were Christian so we
can presume that this applies to those still being
held.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Some of the 53 girls who
escaped from Boko Haram spoke about their ordeal on Sunday 11<sup>th</sup> May,
describing their abduction and bid for freedom.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Archbishop Kaigama
added: “But it is also true that there are some Muslims who were also kidnapped.
So this incident is further evidence to show that Boko Haram is also targeting
Muslims to some extent.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The prelate went on to
say that while Boko Haram had originally begun by targeting “Christians as well
as police stations and other institutions representing western values” their
campaign had expanded and they had now attacked Islamic organisations, killing
Muslim clerics. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The archbishop went on
to describe the ongoing attacks on Christian
churches.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">He said: “In my own
diocese of Jos, we have suffered several attacks, for example St. Finbarr’s
Catholic Church in which 14 people died. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“In February, the group
killed more than 100 Christian men in the villages of Doron Baga and
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Izghe&action=edit&redlink=1" title="blocked::http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Izghe&action=edit&redlink=1
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community did not respond.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The prelate told Aid to
the Church in Need that the latest outrage had caused the international
community to turn its attention to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:personname w:st="on">Nigeria</st1:personname></st1:place></st1:country-region>’s
sufferings.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“This time was
different, I think, because they are innocent young girls and also because it
touches directly the suffering of women, the mothers of these children.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“And women can identify
themselves more with the pain of others. The women started holding
demonstrations – both Christian and Muslim women.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The leader of
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:personname w:st="on">Nigeria</st1:personname></st1:place></st1:country-region>’s Catholics
went on to stress that, having tried all other means, prayer is currently the
best solution to the threat of Boko Haram. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">He said: “We tried
dialogue and it didn’t work; the government used force and it didn’t work.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“At this stage, what we
need to do is to pray – only God can move the heart of these
people.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Archbishop Kaigama went
on to request spiritual solidarity with <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:personname w:st="on">Nigeria</st1:personname></st1:place></st1:country-region>’s suffering
Church: “We pray and we request your prayers” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">He added that he had
asked all the Catholics in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:personname w:st="on">Nigeria</st1:personname></st1:country-region> to spend an hour in
adoration before the Blessed Sacrament, asking God for a lasting solution to the
crisis in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:personname w:st="on">Nigeria</st1:personname></st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Archbishop Kaigama said
he is praying for three things – that the girls are released soon and unharmed,
that Boko Haram abandons violence, and “that countries come together and fight
terrorism, hunger, poverty to create an authentic unity, not just to serve
political – hypocritical – interests”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>There was a mass deportation charter flight
to Pakistan from UK on 6<sup>th </sup><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>February 2012, it’s unclear if this was the
first. Another took place on 19<sup>th</sup> March 2012 [PVT120] at least one of
the airport-transfer buses for this flight was branded “Just Go! Holidays by
Coach” and the plane allegedly departed from London Stansted Airport. Then,
another took place on 11thApril 2012, and another on 1<sup>st</sup> May 2012</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">In the main centres in which many ‘failed’
asylum seekers (inclusive of many people from Pakistan)xi are held before
deportation, the following types of targeting measures have been undertaken
(the descriptions below do not cover the brutalisation – some would say torture
- of targeted ‘Others’ that occurs whilst restrained and in transit to the
airport or detention centres, and also whilst detained in detention centres) :xii
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<span lang="EN-US">25<sup>th</sup> from Pakistan] detained at
Yarl’s Wood immigration [detention centre] in Bedfordshire … which began on 5<sup>th</sup>
February and involved some 84 women at the start, was sparked by detainees
protesting against their prolonged detention and inhumane treatment at the
hands of the Serco security guards and the immigration authorities. The hunger
strikers’ demands included an end to the “physical and mental torture at the
centre” and “all false allegations and misrepresentations by the UK Border
Agency (UKBA) regarding detainees”; an end to the detention of children and
their mothers, rape survivors and other torture victims and to the separation
of children from their mothers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Two and a half weeks on, at least 20 women
are still on hunger strike, while others have stopped but are refusing to eat
the “repugnant” food provided by the prison management. On the 8<sup>th</sup> February,
Serco security guards tried to break up the protest by force. Some 70 women
were locked in a corridor for up to 8 hours without access to food, water,
toilet or medical care. Many collapsed and about 20, who tried to climb out of
the windows, were beaten up and taken into isolation cells. Four of the women,
singled out as ‘ringleaders’, were taken to Bedford police station and
subsequently transferred to HMP Holloway in London, without being charged with
any offence or brought before a judge. Testimonies by Yarl’s Wood detainees,
many of whom have fled torture, rape and destitution, have revealed that
racial, psychological and physical abuse had been inflicted on the hunger
strikers by Serco staff. xiii<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Administratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10465951047922821288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647541210154296776.post-32911887240796646412014-05-10T18:20:00.000+01:002014-05-10T18:20:03.693+01:00<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>MULTAN:</b>A human rights activist
and renowned lawyer of Multan, Rashid Rehman, was killed in a targeted attack in
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fellow lawyer were sitting with a client in their private chamber near Kutchery
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doctors pronounced Rashid Rehman dead upon arrival. The other two wounded are still receiving treatment and are said to be in critical condition.<br /><br />Rehman was representing Junaid Hafeez who had been accused of a blasphemy, and a lecturer at Bahauddin Zakariya University who is currently facing
trial on blasphemy charges.<br /><br />Rehman, who was also a coordinator for the
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) in Multan, had last month been
threatened inside a courtroom in the Multan Central Jail.He had been attacked
five times before Wednesday.However, he had manage to survive till
now.<br /><br />ASP (Assistant Superintendent Police) Cantt Ali Mardan Khosan said
that he knew of the threats to Rehman, and that they were investigating the
incident.<br /><br /> The lawyers, who represent blasphemy accused and advocating
against the misuse of blasphemy law ,are often being threatened to be killed by
extremists and many have left the country to save their lives.</span>
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Lawyer,Rana Latif Anwar very serious instructed me that I have to be careful
because of my advocacy in blasphemy cases and particularly in the case of Asia
Bibi and he also suggested me to arrange some security measures in my chamber,"
said Gill.<br /><br />Advocate Sardar Mushtaq Gill ,a Human Rights Defender and
Chief of LEAD and its staff,who himself under threats,strongly condemns the
killing of HRCP's Advocate Rashid Rehman."We also do not know when and where we
will be killed due to our human rights work in Pakistan but such deadly and
threatening incidents will not make us discourage in our Human Rights Work,"
added Gill.</span>
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MEP Jean Lambert, Chairperson for the European Parliament <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">Delegations to South East Asia, Japan and India</span> </span>and BPCA Chairman Wilson Chowdhry met to discuss the blasphemy Law of Pakistan. During the meeting they also discussed the failed attempts by the court system of Pakistan to hold an appeal hearing for innocent Christian victim Asia Bibi. <br />
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The BPCA organised the meeting for Saturday 3rd May after Asia's received a fourth appeal court date, which is fixed for 22nd May 2014. Jean Lambert expressed her great sorrow for the ongoing prejudice faced by minorities in Pakistan. She explained that the European Parliament was constantly challenging Pakistan on it's blasphemy laws. Mrs Lambert said;<br />
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When asked about how the European Parliament was challenging Pakistan to deliver on it's promises for a fair trial, in particular with regard to Asia Bibi, she said;</div>
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ensure that judges feel able to sit and to deliver a judgement based on law and
credible evidence, not fear. Human rights are universal and indivisble: all
citizens of Pakistan, whatever their belief, are entitled to justice and
equality before the law</i>.<i> It is the responsibility of government to ensure
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<span style="color: blue;">"MEP Jean Lambert's visit to the BPCA and her sharing of the European Parliament's efforts towards creating a fairer society in Pakistan, is encouraging. It demonstrates that the work of numerous humanitarian agencies, has finally highlighted the dire situations faced by previously forgotten minorities of Pakistan. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">"The European Parliament recently agreed a "Generalized System of Preference" scheme with Pakistan. This means that trade between Europe and Pakistan for certain predetermined items, is now duty free. This will no doubt, increase trade and reciprocally prosperity in Pakistan. Eventually this agreement will place the European Parliament in a unique position of strength, by which they can lever humanitarian change in Pakistan, if they should so wish."</span></div>
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<b>Stan Gain of Woodlands Christian Trust purchased our first ever copy!</b></div>
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Our publication "The targeting of Minorities 'Others' in Pakistan" has already received 28 orders which is a great testament to the desire for humanitarians to learn more about the diverse communities in Pakistan and the terrible suffering they face.<br />
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More importantly it justifies the committment made by the contributing writers from diverse faiths and the wonderful Professor Desmond Fernandes, who ensured this valuable comprehensive report is both fluid and cutting edge.<br />
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It is not too late to buy your own copy. All proceeds will help the work of the BPCA, and initial sales in particular, will contribute towards our ongoing aid to the victims of the Peshawar bomb attack.<br />
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<b>Father Chris praying at our Redbridge Easter Parade.</b></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a truly God inspired meeting with Father Chris of the Ecumenical Catholic Church in the UK at our Redbridge Easter Parade, we have maintained prayers and communication for one another. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Father Julian, one of four
clergy serving in the Portsmouth area, has been so moved by the suffering of
Pakistani Christians, he has today initiated the first of many regular Masses to
be offered for the persecuted church in Pakistan.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Prayer is the most powerful weapon in the Christian Church and can break any stronghold. It is thus the BPCA cherishes this regular commitment from impassioned hearts, seeking a positive change for an oppressed community." </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dear All,<br /><br />We are proud to announce our full prayer support for British
Pakistani Christian Association. As clergy members of United Ecumenical Catholic
Church in UK, we have decided to remember of all matters that are important to
you in our prayers. Every Monday, in our chapel in Portsmouth, Fr. Julian will
celebrate a mass in your intentions. Fr. Chris will remember about all things
close to your hearts during everyday morning prayer.</span><br />
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occasion, invite you to visit our website to check latest news
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website).<br /><br />With prayer,<br />Fr. Chris and Fr. Julian</span>Administratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10465951047922821288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647541210154296776.post-53935530559183119302014-05-03T07:43:00.002+01:002014-05-04T18:29:06.461+01:00Asia Bibi Appeal trial date set for fourth time.<div>
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This morning we received a text from Advocate Mushtaq Gill based in Lahore. He has informed us that the appeal hearing for Asia Bibi has been set for a fourth time and will now be heard on 27th May 2014. </div>
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Many of our regular readers will no doubt be sceptical of this date and concerned that once again the presiding judge will fail to attend the hearing. That is why we ask concerned humanitarians of all faith to sign our petition below. The petition calls for the Government to ensure that judges are made to feel safe enough to allow justice to prevail in this ongoing saga for innocent Asia. We seek a Presidential Pardon for Asia if the judiciary is not bold enough to make a just decision. Asia has suffered the ignominy of imprisonment for five years despite worldwide affirmation of her innocence. </div>
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Here is the text message shared by Advocate Mustaq Gill (sic);</div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Asia
Bibi’s criminal appeal number 2509/2010 ‘Mst Asia Bibi vs The State etc' and
murder reference 614/2010 ‘State Vs Mst Asia Bibi wife of Ashiq’ was fixed for
hearing before the Lahore High Court Division Bench,Lahore.The next date of
hearing is 27 May,2014 in the DB of Mr.Justice
Anwar-Ul-Haq.</span></div>
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