Showing posts with label Right to personal security. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Right to personal security. Show all posts

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Michael's story

Michael John is a minority Christian parliamentarian in a Muslim country. He lives in Charsadda - a small town in north west Pakistan.

The town has recently been hit by violence - bombs have been planted and set off, one was as recent as last week. The Muslim militants apparently have been carrying these activities and others to curb "anti-Islamic" activities in the North West Frontier Province.

Not surprisingly, Christians - a tiny monority - have been targetted - for merely choosing to practise their faith.

Michael received a letter recently demanding that the Christians there convert to Islam or face the consequences.

Some families have left but the rest who haven't and/or can't are living in fear now and are pleading with the government to protect them.

Read the rest of the story here.

Source: BBC News Online