Topic: Pakistan
Fear is silencing Christians in Pakistan, says archbishop
Posted on 23 November 2011.Archbishop Saldanha says that after the murder of Shahbaz Bhatti Christians are either leaving the country or keeping their mouth shut
Widdecombe tells Cameron: Christians deserve same protection as gay people
Posted on 20 October 2011.Ann Widdecombe is to accuse Government of double standards over persecution of Christians and gay people abroad
Christians ask PM to protect Pakistani minorities
Posted on 13 July 2011.Petition of more than 6,000 people handed in to 10 Downing Street by delegation including Aid to the Church in Need
The Church in Pakistan is scared. Revenge attacks will come as no surprise
Posted on 06 May 2011.Pakistani Christians are held responsible for the actions of the West: it would not be the first time they have been made scapegoats
Christians should not rejoice at death of Osama bin Laden, says Vatican spokesman
Posted on 02 May 2011.Fr Lombardi responds to news that Osama bin Laden has been killed, saying ‘Christians should never rejoice at the death of a human being’
Shahbaz Bhatti is not the only martyr in the struggle against Pakistan’s blasphemy laws
Posted on 26 April 2011.In 1998 Bishop John Joseph committed suicide in protest at the terrible laws. Thirteen years on, the government still buries its head in the sand
Paul Bhatti: I forgive my brother’s murderers
Posted on 06 April 2011.Brother of slain Pakistani minister tells conference in Rome ‘we will continue his battle’
Archbishop calls for arrest of Koran-burning pastor
Posted on 04 April 2011.Archbishop Lawrence Saldanha of Lahore made his comment following protests in which at least 24 people were killed
The Government, says Cardinal O’Brien, has an ‘anti-Christian foreign policy’. Good for him: so it does
Posted on 16 March 2011.Why are we giving hundreds of millions to brutal regimes like Pakistan and northern Sudan?
Pakistani Christian jailed for blasphemy found dead in prison cell
Posted on 16 March 2011.Prison authorities claim Qamar David died of a heart attack but his family have disputed this, saying he was fit and healthy
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