A broken bone for young Christian Sagar Masih. A mob in excess of 50 people, including men, women and children assaulted Christians of Waran Chak Balyana village and seized 16 of the 35 Marla of land in ownership of the church Unarmed Christians were beaten severely by the angry mob and the existing Roman Catholic […]
Month: August 2018
Buying milk is risky business for Pak-Christian asylum-seekers as Thai police continue crackdown with Mother’s Day arrest
Image: Zarish and Moses Gill after BPCA paid fines for Elvin. Buying milk is risky business for Pak-Christian asylum seekers as Thai police continue their crackdown. One young father Elvin Gill (29 yrs)found out just how hazardous this can be on 14 August when he left home on an errand and never came home. The […]
Buying milk is risky business for Pak-Christian asylum-seekers as Thai police continue crackdown with Mother's Day arrest
Image: Zarish and Moses Gill after BPCA paid fines for Elvin. Buying milk is risky business for Pak-Christian asylum seekers as Thai police continue their crackdown. One young father Elvin Gill (29 yrs)found out just how hazardous this can be on 14 August when he left home on an errand and never came home. The […]
No help from Hindus as waterborne infections threaten Christian survivors of Keralan deluge
A vigorous southwest monsoon has left a trail of destruction across India’s southern state of Kerala, killing over 400 people and leaving over 220,000 people homeless as their homes have either been washed away or are in no fit state to live in. Security forces rescued over 450,000 stranded people and got them to safety […]
Christian man shot by neighbour on his wedding anniversary was on his way to buy a cake
The killing of a Lahore-based 35 year old Christian father who was shot in the doorway of local Muslim man’s home has sparked huge controversy after police failed to register a crime until his dead body was paraded through the streets in a protest outside Lahore press club. Even then only one national newspaper covered […]
Gunned down Pak-Christian’s grief-stricken family blocks road with body
On 16th August 2018, a worker at Lahore High Court,Vicky Saleem Masih (30 yrs) brutally killed. Initial reports implicated three men named Mohammad Abbas, and two others, but only one has been charged with the murder. Though Vicky used the surname ‘Masih’ to identify as a Christian, the name on his identity card is actually […]
Gunned down Pak-Christian's grief-stricken family blocks road with body
On 16th August 2018, a worker at Lahore High Court,Vicky Saleem Masih (30 yrs) brutally killed. Initial reports implicated three men named Mohammad Abbas, and two others, but only one has been charged with the murder. Though Vicky used the surname 'Masih' to identify as a Christian, the name on his identity card is actually […]
Pak-Christians welcome honest reflection on abuses and calls for cooperation to fight discrimination by Pakistani High Commissioner to UK at Minority Day event
On August 8th 2018 the Pakistan High Commission in the UK held a Seminar on the, Contributions of Minorities of Pakistan in Nation Building held at the High Commission’. The event was attended by about 50 people including our Chairman Wilson Chowdhry. The event was the event was jointly organised by the High Commission and the […]
Governments’ measures for Freedom of Religion or Belief must be followed by action
The appointment of Lord Tariq Ahmad as UK Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief, at the same time as the US launch a Genocide Recovery and Persecution Response programme reveals concerns about Global international freedom. But what good will these roles actually do? Freedom of Religion and Belief is important everywhere and must be […]
Governments' measures for Freedom of Religion or Belief must be followed by action
The appointment of Lord Tariq Ahmad as UK Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief, at the same time as the US launch a Genocide Recovery and Persecution Response programme reveals concerns about Global international freedom. But what good will these roles actually do? Freedom of Religion and Belief is important everywhere and must be […]