Pictured from R-L Wilson Chowdhry, Chris Crewther, Lara Hall and Martin Iles AUSTRALIA: On the 26th of November, the British Pakistani Christians Association (BPCA) met with Chris Crewther MP, Member for Dunkley. A number of pertinent issues were discussed in the meeting pertaining to the plight of persecuted Christians and other minorities in Pakistan. Firstly, […]
Month: November 2018
Four years after their parent’s murder Shama & Shahzad’s children are growing well
In many ways Asia Bibi is a fortunate victim as she has survived to reveal her story, whereas victims such as Shama and Shahzad were brutally killed in acts of sheer violence by mobs incensed to violence by local ‘holy’ Islamic clerics (click here). On the 4th of November 2018 our lead Pakistan officer Mehwish […]
Claims against the historicity of Jesus feed the marginalisation of Pak-Christians
PAKISTAN: Oxford-educated PM Imran Khan casts doubt on the existence of Jesus Christ, but is it really so shocking in the light of the systemic persecution in Pakistan’s education system? On the 20th of November Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan addressing Rehmatul-il-Alameen Conference in Islamabad weighed in on his view of whether Jesus Christ, who […]
Four years after their parent's murder Shama & Shahzad's children are growing well
In many ways Asia Bibi is a fortunate victim as she has survived to reveal her story, whereas victims such as Shama and Shahzad were brutally killed in acts of sheer violence by mobs incensed to violence by local 'holy' Islamic clerics (click here). On the 4th of November 2018 our lead Pakistan officer Mehwish […]
FREEDOM FOR ASIA BIBI NOW!
SYDNEY: Australians rally to ask their Government to grant Asia Bibi asylum Asia Bibi is a Pakistani Christian woman accused of blasphemy in 2010 and sentenced to death by hanging. She spent eight years on death row, languishing in squalid conditions. The Supreme Court of Pakistan recently exonerated her in late October. However, although she […]
Asia Bibi is welcome in Australia, now Pakistan needs to demonstrate "fair play"
Australian Minister for Home Affairs, the Hon Peter Dutton grants asylum to Asia Bibi amid protests calling for her safe asylum. Read more (here) The British Pakistani Christian Association (BPCA) held a vigil in Sydney today commencing at 12pm at NSW Parliament House, fighting for the rights of Asia Bibi and other persecuted Christians in Pakistan. […]
Watchful eyes watch over Asia Bibi, while her family remains in peril
British Pakistani Christian Association, has been informed that the family of Asia Bibi is worried about extremists who are trying to trace them by knocking on doors with images of the family, asking if local people have seen them. While Asia Bibi is being protected by the Government of Pakistan the rest of the family […]
Bangkok bail out of refugees is slow as Thai police continue their hardline purge of Pakistani Christian asylum seekers
BANGKOK – Crackdown! Thai Immigration Detention Centre’s torment drives desperate asylum-seekers back to violence in a Pakistan with heightened “blasphemy sensitivities” – Those UNHCR refugees who remain say, “It is difficult to survive.” Pak-Christians held in the Bangkok’s Immigration Detention Centre (IDC) are beginning to be permitted bail. Asylum-seekers are trickling out of […]
Hush, hush on Asia Bibi’s asylum as countries shirk at doing anything to "inflame tensions"
ASIA BIBI: Sensitivity & Security named as the rationale for the silence around the world. Fears for Asia and others shout, as “quiet talks” proceed. Politicians hushed by leaders saying: Asia’s security is “the most important thing”! Europe’s silence on Asia Bibi is compounded through cancelled hearings or those held behind closed doors as the […]
Hush, hush on Asia Bibi's asylum as countries shirk at doing anything to "inflame tensions"
ASIA BIBI: Sensitivity & Security named as the rationale for the silence around the world. Fears for Asia and others shout, as "quiet talks" proceed. Politicians hushed by leaders saying: Asia's security is "the most important thing"! Europe's silence on Asia Bibi is compounded through cancelled hearings or those held behind closed doors as the […]