Well Said, Peter Tatchell!



If you ask me, the human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell made perfect sense with this Tweet which explains his appeal to Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, to speak out in support of Asia Bibi whose life is under threat from religious extremists in Pakistan.

There is no malice involved in appealing to a person's sense of humanity and solidarity against the stupidity of an angry mob.

We could do with leading Scots of Pakistani heritage speaking out as well. 





Critics say I'm a racist for tagging in my tweet about . Sadiq is of Pakistani heritage and recently met leaders there. He has contacts and influence in Pakistan, so him speaking out could help save Asia's life. He’d be more effective than any white politician.



   

Barbarism Rules in Pakistan (05/11/18)



Asia Bibi is a young Christian woman who spent eight years on death row in Pakistan after being accused of blasphemy - her 'crime' was to drink from the same cup as a Muslim.

Pakistan's supreme court overturned the blasphemy charge and ordered Asia Bibi's release last week, a decision that was met with mass protests across the country led by far-right Islamists.

Pakistan's government has capitulated to the extremists by demanding a 're-trial' (which could take years) and by taking steps to prevent Asia Bibi and her family from leaving the country.

What do UK politicians have to say about Asia Bibi's barbaric treatment, especially those with connections to Pakistan?

Read The Guardian's coverage of the story via the link below. 

   

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/02/outrage-as-pakistani-government-vows-to-stop-asia-bibi-leaving

Pakistan works to stop Asia Bibi leaving after blasphemy protests

Administration accused of signing Bibi’s ‘death warrant’ in deal with hardliners

By Memphis Barker - The Guardian

Pakistan’s government has been accused of signing the “death warrant” of Asia Bibi after it said it would begin the process of preventing her leaving the country.

Bibi, a Christian farm labourer, was acquitted of blasphemy on Wednesday. She had spent eight years on death row after she drank from the same cup as a Muslim, prompting false allegations that she insulted the prophet Muhammad.

Bibi’s lawyer, Saif-ul-Mulook, has reportedly since fled the country amid fears for his life, telling AFP: “I need to stay alive as I still have to fight the legal battle for Asia Bibi.”

The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) administration signed an agreement with the anti-blasphemy group Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) on Friday night, giving in to many of its demands in the face of massive, countrywide protests calling for Bibi to be put to death.

In a document signed by the PTI’s religious affairs minister and the TLP’s second-in-command, Pir Afzal Qadri, the government promised not to oppose a court petition to reverse Bibi’s release. It also pledged to work in the meantime to put her name on the exit control list (ECL) which would prevent her leaving the country.

“Placing Asia Bibi on the ECL is like signing her death warrant,” said Wilson Chowdhry of the British Pakistani Christian Association. Bibi, a mother of five, remains in the same prison where last month two men tried to kill her, although she has been shifted out of her windowless cell.

The agreement was a “historic capitulation”, tweeted analyst Mosharraf Zaidi. On Wednesday night, the prime minister and leader of the PTI, Imran Khan, defended the verdict acquitting Bibi and suggested the government would clamp down on protesters it termed “enemies of the state”.

The TLP has agreed to call off its protests, which saw thousands of Islamists blockade the country’s major motorways, burning cars and lorries and chanting that they were ready to die to protect the honour of the prophet.

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