Christian Family Threatened by Neighbors and Police in PakistanBy CeCe Heil16219475400001621947540000
We just helped secure a critical victory for a Christian family facing targeted persecution in Pakistan.
Our European Centre for Law and Justice’s (ECLJ) affiliate in Pakistan has secured a victory for a young Christian man and his family who were being threatened and harassed by a Muslim neighbor and the local police because the Christian man married the Muslim neighbor’s daughter.
The problems started when the Muslim neighbor found out that his daughter was in a relationship with Masih, a Christian neighbor. In January 2021, seven men kidnapped the Christian man and took him to the Muslim neighbor’s house where they severely beat him.
Release of Muslim Attacker of Paralyzed Pakistani Christian AppealedBy Shaheryar Gill16148716901641614871690164
We reported about two months ago that a trial court in Pakistan had convicted two Muslim men for attempted murder after they shot a Christian man over a minor argument.
Our European Centre for Law and Justice’s (ECLJ) affiliate in Pakistan, the Organization for Legal Aid (OLA), represents Waqar Masih, a 27-year-old Christian man who owned a snack and cold drink shop, who was shot four times by Muhammad Shahbaz and his accomplice, Muhammad Qasim, for selling them stale betel quid called
paan, a snack consisting of betel leaves filled with nuts and other ingredients.