Image: A BACA officer comforts grieving mother of slain Christian farmers. A Muslim family murdered two Christian brothers over a dispute over irrigation water, used between their neighbouring farms. The attack which occurred on 8th October 2021 in Betlham Chak 2 Renala District Okara also left a further 3 Christians brothers injured. https://youtu.be/P2z1rwlxmoA Mukhtar Masih (70 yrs) and his sons leased six acres of land belonging to a Christian family now living abroad from March 2021. The Christian family had a desire to work together to earn a decent living through farming. Unbeknown to them the land had previously…
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After a Christian girl of only six years was beaten and raped after being forcibly taken to the home of a Muslim man in broad daylight during September 2019, BACA stepped in to help- read more (here). We have since then provided a solicitor and began the legal procedure to get justice, however the perpetrator Mr Muhammed Waqas and his cohorts began threatening the Christian parents with violence, further rape of Tabitha and their other daughters and financial ruin if they proceeded with a legal case against paedophile Muhammad Waqas (18 yrs). The intimidation towards the family heightened after the…
Nabeel Masih (now 20 yrs) Pakistan’s youngest ever blasphemy victim was released from prison on bail through the work of British Asian Christian Association on 18th of March. By this time he had already spent more than fours years of his life in Kasur District Jail. Read more (here). Since that date British Asian Christian Association have continued the necessary legal work to obtain his acquittal and have also helped with necessary medical treatment to resolve health conditions that arose, while he was isolated in a decrepit cell(click here). We update you on the current legal timeline since our last article…
The uncovering of 45 bones on 22nd October in Jaranwala, Pakistan confirmed the unspeakable horror of the death of a Christian boy of only 12 years of age. Shahbaz Masih father of Iftikhar Masih (RIP) had been informed of a confession by the murderers made at a community meeting of leaders 0n 20th October. This led to a call to local police who arrested and interrogated the murders resulting in the the macabre discovery. British Asian Christian Association are now providing the legal cover needed to make sure a conviction ensues. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrtagN69UO4 Iftikhar Masih (12 yrs) was sitting at…
A 17 year old student in the UK has written a report on the abduction, rape and forced Islamic marriage of Christian girls in Pakistan, as a submission for a Extra Project Qualification (EPQ). The EPQ is a standalone qualification and is often taken by students to in addition to their A level studies. These are often taken to compliment Universities and College Admission Services (UCAS) applications. Around 30,000 students take an EPQ each year. Read more (here) Hannah Chowdhry has for the last 4 years been a recognised campaigner for Pakistani Christian girls. She has spoken at the Pakistani…
Last month we shared a bit of an evaluation of the success of our ‘Meals for the Homeless’ project (click here). We continue to observe COVID-19 measures which include; no entry without masks (which we can provide) or sanitizing of hands. We also require visitors to maintain a 1.5m gap while queuing. Our food is so popular that our regular visitors are arriving at 4.30pm on Saturdays for a 6pm food distribution. This is because we have a range of food choices produced by our volunteers every week. At least 7 homeless people rushed out to join a queue from…
We thank you all for your donations of clothes, toys and books for newly migrated Afghan refugees. We initially were to be partnering with several Afghan groups for distribution all of which were based in North London, but their stockpiles soon began to exceed their storage space. So we have instead partnered with the local Salvation Army who will be distributing our gifts to Afghan’s temporarily located in Redbridge. To bring some of you up to speed, the refugees from Afghanistan were placed in temporary hotels. Both the Home office and local councils have been quite reluctant to give out…
British Asian Christian Association have carried on their food provision in Thailand ensuring desperate asylum seeking families from the South Asian Christian diaspora are getting food essentials. Bangkok’s lockdown lifted at the end of August but many businesses are still closed and asylum seekers continue to struggle as opportunities for illegal work are limited. https://youtu.be/LhE2lZxzhqQ Asylum seeker families in Thailand live an extremely difficult life. They status remains illegal even when their asylum cases are being investigated or approved by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Those who are discovered are arrested and kept in the brutal Immigration…
The murder of MP David Amess in a knife attack on Friday has sent new terrorism shockwaves around the globe. The attack by an Islamic extremist of 25 years now identified as Ali Harbi Ali a Somalian migrant whose father Harbi Ali Kullane is a diplomat for the Somali Government and once worked as a Director for Communications for the Somalian President. Mr Kullane also worked on a number of anti-terrorism projects in Mogadishu often putting his life at risk to counter the threat of Al Shabab (click here), But these efforts missed his son, leaving Mr Kullane traumatised by…
A father (Shabir Masih [56 yrs] ) who has waited almost a year for justice for his son and wife who were shot dead by neighbours for being Christian has spoken out about the judicial decision that has resulted in death sentences for the murderers. Devastating death of a mother and her married son leave a family grieving Yasmeen Bibi (55 yrs) and her son Usman Masih (26 yrs) were brutally shot dead by Muslim man named Hassan Shakoor Butt and his friends during an altercation. The argument stemmed from a perceived ritual impurity brought about by sewage water that…