DC: August 2 Conference on Attacks against Pakistan Christians

By R.E.A.L. Organization • on July 25, 2010

In Washington DC on Monday August 2, 2010, the Pakistan Christian Congress will have a meeting in remembrance of the horrific attacks against Pakistani Christians on August 1, 2009 in Gojra, Punjab, which led to the “Black Day” protests in 2009. It will have speakers to protest the continuing plight of Pakistani Christians. On July 19, 2010, two Christian brothers were killed on a court house steps in broad daylight by masked men; the brothers had been fraudulently charged with “blasphemy,” and the charges were on the verge of being dismissed.

The Pakistan Christian Congress, and its Pakistan Christian Post, has also spoken out on the mistreatment of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hindus, and religious minorities in Pakistan. See additional reports on religious minorities oppressed in Pakistan at R.E.A.L.

Scheduled speakers include:

– Dr. Nazir Bhatti with the Pakistan Christian Post and Pakistan Christian Congress
– Andrew Eiva, Director, Freedom for Sudan Committee
– Jonathan Rancho, South Asian Director of International Christian Concern ICC
– Ms. Suhag Shukla, managing director, Hindu American Foundation
– Rev. Dr. Britt Minshall, chairman, The Renaissance Institute of American Churches
– Jeffrey Imm, founder, Responsible for Equality And Liberty [R.E.A.L.]
– Ashraf Ramelah, Voice of the Copts
– Manzoor Alam, Chairman, Pakistani American Christian Coalition (PACC)
– Earnest Ghulab, President, PACC
– Babar Khokhar, Secretary General, Pakistani American Christian Association PCA
– Ahmar Mustikhan, founder, American Friends of Balochistan
– Senge H. Sering, director, Gilgit Baltistan National Congress

R.E.A.L. reported on the Gojra disaster in reports:

– Pakistan – Report of Mob Burning Christian Homes for Alleged “Blasphemy”
– Pakistan: Christians Burned to Death (including women and children), Mob Burns Houses, Church in Punjab’s Gojra – Korian Area
– Pakistan: Hate Engulfs Christians in Pakistan

For more information, contact: Dr. Nazir Bhatti, Pakistan Christian Post, pakistanchristianpost@comcast.net

The event is to be held:

Date / Time: Monday, August 2, 2010 at 2:30 PM

Location: Community Room, 2nd Floor
Government of the District of Columbia
Frank D. Reeves Municipal Center
2000 14th Street NW
Washington DC 20009
Location Telephone: 202-727-1000

Travel Logistics Highlights:

Contact: Dr. Nazir Bhatti, Pakistan Christian Post, 1-267-471-6246, pakistanchristianpost@comcast.net
Alternate DC Contact: Jeffrey Imm, 301-613-8789, info@realcourage.org

Google Map Link to Location Address 2000 14th Street, Northwest, Washington DC 20009 — Near Corner of 14th and U Streets Northwest

Subway Stop: U Street/African-American Civil War Memorial/Cardozo (Green / Yellow Line), about 1 and a half blocks from subway stop exit

Travel Logistics Details:

WMATA DC Subway Trip Planner Tool

Walking Directions from U-Street Subway Exit to 2000 14th Street, NW
– Exit station using 13TH ST NW & U ST NW exit
– Walk approx. 1 block W on U St NW.