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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 in September 2019, BACA stepped in to help- read more (here). We provided a solicitor and began the legal procedure to get justice, however the perpetrator Mr and his cohorts began threatening the Christian parents with violence, the rape of Tabitha Masih (7 yrs) and their other daughters and financial ruin if they proceeded with a legal case against paedophile Muhammad Waqas (18 yrs). The threats heightened after the rapist was bailed despite clear evidence…

Free at last! Nabeel who was 16 when convicted of blasphemy enjoys his new freedom at a secret location. Accused of blasphemy as a teenager, Nabeel Masih (20 yrs), was set free from prison on bail after a 2 year battle by BACA, who took over the case after several Christian charities failed to get any movement. Read more (here) Watch video of his release (here) if you cannot access the embedded video. Despite real concerns about the safety of Nabeel Masih when entering and leaving, Pattoki District Court have refused a petition for his absence from proceedings. At a hearing on Saturday…

Deaf-mute teenager Komal was kidnapped by five men who gang-raped for 2months, after first being forcibly married to one of her rapists in March 2020 (click here). BACA began to provide a solicitor to press Sandhu Police Station to actually begin an investigation after inital efforts were notably limited. Worse still during the nascent investigation reluctant police reported back to the parents that Komal was in a happy marriage of her own volition. Later during the court process police brought Komal before her parents with a translator present, at which point the young girl broke down in tears and described her…

Image of Hannah Chowdhry with her DofE Silver Award Expedition compatriots. By Hannah Chowdhry The death of the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip of Denmark and Greece on 9th April 2021 only 2 months short of his 100th birthday, is a moment of great sadness for the UK.  The Government annouced an 8 day national mourning for the Duke of Edinburgh, which means we will not receive the usual overzealous campaigning by politicians and would-be-politicians during the forthcoming elections.  More importantly though, HRH Queen Elizabeth II, other members of her family and friends and of course members of the public can…

Homeless people in Ilford were treated to a chicken roast dinner, Easter eggs and gifts on Saturday 3rd August. Around 40 local homeless people turned up to receive the hearty meals and seasonal extras.  We also shared a number of Gideon’s bibles with 11 distributed that weekend. Our Meals for the homeless project is now over a year old but due to a decrease in volunteers since the lockdown has lifted we have made a decision to terminate the project.  The number of volunteer hours needed for the project is now simply beyond our capacity and we can no longer…

Nabeel Masih, Pakistan’s youngest ever blasphemy victims who was convicted at only 16 years of age and spent 4 years in prison until released on bail last month (click here), was almost rearrested by Pakistani police, due poor administration by Pakistani Courts. The young man who is still coming to terms with the constant death threats he receives since his release and the tangible danger to his life, has been at his wits end after the poor court management made him and his bail guarantor a friend of BACA fugitives on a most wanted list. The bizarre circumstance occurred after a…

Two nurses of District Headquarters Hospital (DHQ) were arrested under the notorious blasphemy law of Pakistan despite being involved in the countries COVID-19 response. On 9th April, an application was filed against Mariyam Laal, charge nurse and Nevish Arooj a third year student of nursing for committing blasphemy for removing a bacteria-infested sticker with sacred inscription from a cupboard they were asked to clean in a psychiatric ward. Dr. Mirza Muhammad Ali of Civil Hospital Faisalabad, has accused both the nurses of removing the sticker with blasphemous intent. The sticker had the inscription of Darood Sharif on it (Darood Sharif is…

Nabeel Masih (now 20 yrs) Pakistan’s youngest ever blasphemy victim was released from prison on 18th of March after being kept in Kasur District Jail for more than four years.  Read more (here) Nabeel a few days before he was arrested. Since being taken to a BACA safe house he has shared his awful experience living in solitary confinement at the hands of jail officers.  As he broke into tears he has recounted his desperate conditions: “I was kept in complete isolation – nobody was allowed to speak to me. “Even prison staff who would bring me food were told not to speak…

Saleem Masih (22 yrs) was beaten to death for rinsing himself off in the tube well of Muslim land owners in Choonia District, Kasur. It should be noted that many Muslim men have been permitted to rinse themselves off in the well for many years but it was the fact that a ‘ritually unclean’ Christian dared to use the well in this fashion that led to his murder. Read more (here) In less than a year, the slayers of innocent Saleem Masih were set free on bail by the court and the hapless father Ghafoor has found himself struggling to get justice.…

For around two years we have battled for justice for Badil Masih a Christian boy of only 11 years old who at a very tender age become the responsible man of the house, after his father became a serious drug addict. Badil Masih decided to give up his summer holidays so he could work in a scrapyard to help his mother meet the financial demands of running a home. Badil was a hard worker and always completed his tasks working insufferable long hours to meet his employers demands and deadlines. When he asked for part of his salary that was…