Day: May 29, 2009

China Aid: Help Free Gao Zhisheng – Sign Petition for His Release

China Aid: Help Free Gao Zhisheng – Sign Petition for His Release
— “Christian human rights attorney Gao Zhisheng, disappeared February 4, and was last seen being taken away by a dozen police officers. Gao Zhisheng has been repeatedly kidnapped, arrested, imprisoned and tortured by Chinese authorities, because he has defended the persecuted and has been an unyielding voice for justice in the Chinese courts.”
— Read Gao’s account of 50 days of torture in 2007
— Read Gao Zhisheng’s letter to the U.S. Congress in 2007
— Read Geng He’s open letter to the U.S. Congress
— Read Senator Dorgan’s speech from the Senate floor

Pakistan: Extremist theaten woman with “blasphemy” charge

(Pakistan) Punjab’s Mustafabad: Islamic Radicals Storm ‘Blasphemy’ Hearing
— ‘Blasphemy’ case against Munir Masih and his wife Ruqiya Bibi
— “Radical Pakistani Muslims in a town outside of Lahore this month overran
a courtroom in hopes of swaying a judge in a ‘blasphemy’ case against a
Christian couple, and a member of the prosecution later threatened to kill the wife”
— “The couple had granted a Muslim neighbor’s request to store some of his
possessions in their home, including a Quran.”
— “The Islamic clergymen storming into the courtroom claimed that no non-Muslims had the right to keep a Quran in their home”
— “After the bail hearing, a member of the prosecution team approached Bibi while she was outside the courtroom waiting to testify and threatened to kill her. ‘Ruqiya was waiting outside the court for her turn,’ Gull said, ‘and one man came and said, ”Whatever the decision, we will kill you.””