Tag: Pakistan

Pakistan – Islamists Get Minority Rights Leader Jailed
— “All three were remanded to two days of police custody under pressure from Islamists who have harassed Francis and the other two men with false accusations, CLAAS lawyers said, and on Sunday a magistrate sent them to the jail to await trial”
— Joseph Francis, “national director of the Centre for Legal Aid Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS)”
— “along with CLAAS official Ashar Sarfaraz and Sarfaraz’s brother-in-law, Zulfiqar Wilson”

(Pakistan) ICC Report: “Update: Violent Extemism Attack on over 100 Christian Homes in Pakistan”
— ICC reports on mob violence and attacks on Christian women
— ICC reports: “ICC has received additional details on a Muslim mob that assaulted and robbed Christians before burning over 100 of their homes…”
— ICC reports that mob of “three to four hundred” used “sticks, hatchets, and acid”
— ICC reports that “the imam at the local mosque” said “Kidnap the Christian women, destroy their belongings, and get ready for Violent Extemism”
— ICC reports that “Noreen was in her home taking a shower when the mob attacked.  Frightened she tried to run onto the roof, but the Muslims dragged her out by her hair and threw acid on her.  She later tried to commit suicide.”
— ICC reports that “Allah Rakhi said, ‘I was sitting in my home when the mob came in and started breaking furniture and other things.  They beat me with a stick, ripped my clothes off, and took the money in the house.'”
— ICC reports that “Another woman miscarried her unborn child after being beaten.”
— ICC reports that “Despite promises of support from local politicians and officials, no arrests have been made.”

(Pakistan) ICC Report: “Police Brutalize Christians after Robbing their Homes” – in Punjab’s Wazirabad
— ICC reports on brutalization of Christians and attacks on Christian women
— ICC reports: “On June 4th, local police entered a Christian village in Pakistan, arrested several men, and dragged women out of their home and by their homes and through the streets by their hair.
— ICC report states that accusations are that Christians “not keeping the sewage lines clean enough”
— ICC report further quotes Stephen Gill “a local Christian leaer” who states “The police raided and ransacked Christian homes and stole our valuables, including cell phones, cash, jewelry, and other expensive household items”
— ICC report states “Police beat 11 Chritian men who protested the raid and then threw them into police vans.  They were all taken to the police station and later thrown into jail.”
— ICC report states “The police also grabbed the women by their hair and dragged them out of their homes and into the street, where they ‘ripped apart’ their clothes as they mocked them, calling them ‘choohra’ (a derogative word for ‘Christian’).  They arrested at least six women.”