Post by Paddy by Grace on Jun 25, 2009 12:13:20 GMT -7
Pakistan: Tortured Christian languishing on false charges
www.jihadwatch.org/archives/026721.php
Once again, Christians suffer at the hands of Muslims in Pakistan -- Muslim policemen at that. "Pakistan: Tortured Christian languishing on false charges," from Compass Direct News, June 23:
Police maneuver to keep incapacitated son of preacher in jail – and out of hospital.
LAHORE, Pakistan, June 23 (Compass Direct News) – A 37-year-old Christian is languishing in a Sialkot jail after police broke his backbone because his father was preaching Christ, according to a local advocacy group.
Arshad Masih had been in a hospital – chained to his bed on false robbery charges – after police torture that began Dec. 28, 2008 left him incapacitated. He was discharged from General Hospital in Lahore on Saturday (June 20) and returned to jail despite efforts by the Community Development Initiative (CDI), a support group that is providing Masih legal assistance.
CDI Research Officer Napoleon Qayyum said that Hajipura police detained Masih on Dec. 28 on orders from the Sadar police station in Gujranwala, where Masih’s father, Iqbal Masih, had been preaching Christ. The elder Masih told Compass that objections to his efforts led to false accusations of robbery against his son. The complainant in the robbery case eventually testified that Arshad Masih hadn’t been among the robbers, and he was granted bail.
Before court orders reached the jail, however, Sialkot police informed Sadar police officers in Gujranwala, who arrived at the jail and had Masih remanded to them for a robbery case filed against “unidentified people.” Gujranwala police also threatened to kill Masih in a staged police encounter if he told the court that he had been tortured, according to CDI.
www.jihadwatch.org/archives/026721.php
Once again, Christians suffer at the hands of Muslims in Pakistan -- Muslim policemen at that. "Pakistan: Tortured Christian languishing on false charges," from Compass Direct News, June 23:
Police maneuver to keep incapacitated son of preacher in jail – and out of hospital.
LAHORE, Pakistan, June 23 (Compass Direct News) – A 37-year-old Christian is languishing in a Sialkot jail after police broke his backbone because his father was preaching Christ, according to a local advocacy group.
Arshad Masih had been in a hospital – chained to his bed on false robbery charges – after police torture that began Dec. 28, 2008 left him incapacitated. He was discharged from General Hospital in Lahore on Saturday (June 20) and returned to jail despite efforts by the Community Development Initiative (CDI), a support group that is providing Masih legal assistance.
CDI Research Officer Napoleon Qayyum said that Hajipura police detained Masih on Dec. 28 on orders from the Sadar police station in Gujranwala, where Masih’s father, Iqbal Masih, had been preaching Christ. The elder Masih told Compass that objections to his efforts led to false accusations of robbery against his son. The complainant in the robbery case eventually testified that Arshad Masih hadn’t been among the robbers, and he was granted bail.
Before court orders reached the jail, however, Sialkot police informed Sadar police officers in Gujranwala, who arrived at the jail and had Masih remanded to them for a robbery case filed against “unidentified people.” Gujranwala police also threatened to kill Masih in a staged police encounter if he told the court that he had been tortured, according to CDI.