Please give Baksh family and other persecuted Pakistani Christians asylum in the UK
The Baksh family fled Pakistan after being implicated in a false blasphemy charge that led to the extrajudicial killing of two pastors who had only hours before been acquitted of all charges.
Now Maqsood Baksh who has ataiend two masters and his wife a qualified nurse want to stay in Scotland. A country where they feel safe and have not been given the opportunity to benefit the country but desire greatly to live normal lives like the rest of us free from the oppression they faced in their homeland.
Sadly the Home Office has denied their initial applicatiosn for asylum all their appeal and now the family are forced to initate a legal challenge against the Home Office decision backed by the Church of Scotland and MP Paul Sweeney.
A plea has been made to Prime Minister Theresa May and by signing this petition we call or the UK Home Office to allow asylum to the family. We call on Theresa May to call for a review of the current Home Office Pakistan Country Guidance which deems Pakistani Christians to be severely discriminated and not persecuted a stance that has permitted hundreds of asylum seekers to be failed by a flawed process.
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Reached 250 supporters
June 27, 2018
June 26, 2018
The weight of this process is heavy but we are pushing toward reaching the next threshold of signatures. If you have been waiting for the right moment to help us get there please put this in front of others right now.
June 21, 2018
Reaching this level of support feels heavy because it reminds me of how many people truly care about the safety of the Baksh family. I am exhausted by the constant legal battles but seeing this momentum gives me the grit to keep fighting for them.
Reached 100 supporters
June 15, 2018
June 12, 2018
The days feel long and the process is draining but we are nearing the first hundred signatures. Please send this link to someone else today so we can clear this initial hurdle and prove that people are watching.
74 Comments
Bizarre that despite several members of this family already having been murdered for being Christian, that the home office can still say there's no grounds for asylum...and send them back to more persecution and what sounds like most likely death...what else is grounds for asylum if this isn't?
It's dangerous just to be a Christian in Pakistan, but if you have been on trial for blasphemy, you are likely to be murdered by Islamist fanatics even if you have been acquitted. Please show mercy to such Christians. They are sure to be murdered if sent back to Pakistan.
Give this family justice and let them stay. At a time when UK based terrorists are freely allowed to return from places like Syria, it is VITAL that this Christian family is allowed to stay - sending them back to Pakistan would effectively murdering them.
I am dismayed that this Christian endangered family have been hitherto denied asylum in our country that claims to be Christian and stands up for the persecuted. This must change.
The Home office should allow this family to stay in the UK where their life would be safe and they will be a valuable contribution to the society
Christians are not a valued part of this country either. It is a Christian"s lot to be persecuted therefore we need to support each other as much as possible.
I trust the reports about the reason this family had to flee Pakistan. I cannot understand why the Home Office have obviously not examined the case properly.
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Please give Baksh family and other persecuted Pakistani Christians asylum in the UK
The Baksh family fled Pakistan after being implicated in a false blasphemy charge that led to the extrajudicial killing of two pastors who had only hours before been acquitted of all charges.
Now Maqsood Baksh who has ataiend two masters and his wife a qualified nurse want to stay in Scotland. A country where they feel safe and have not been given the opportunity to benefit the country but desire greatly to live normal lives like the rest of us free from the oppression they faced in their homeland.
Sadly the Home Office has denied their initial applicatiosn for asylum all their appeal and now the family are forced to initate a legal challenge against the Home Office decision backed by the Church of Scotland and MP Paul Sweeney.
A plea has been made to Prime Minister Theresa May and by signing this petition we call or the UK Home Office to allow asylum to the family. We call on Theresa May to call for a review of the current Home Office Pakistan Country Guidance which deems Pakistani Christians to be severely discriminated and not persecuted a stance that has permitted hundreds of asylum seekers to be failed by a flawed process.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
June 27, 2018
June 26, 2018
The weight of this process is heavy but we are pushing toward reaching the next threshold of signatures. If you have been waiting for the right moment to help us get there please put this in front of others right now.
June 21, 2018
Reaching this level of support feels heavy because it reminds me of how many people truly care about the safety of the Baksh family. I am exhausted by the constant legal battles but seeing this momentum gives me the grit to keep fighting for them.
Reached 100 supporters
June 15, 2018
June 12, 2018
The days feel long and the process is draining but we are nearing the first hundred signatures. Please send this link to someone else today so we can clear this initial hurdle and prove that people are watching.
74 Comments
Offring asylum to these good people, who are facing genuine threats to their safety, even their lives, is EXACTLY the kind of decision the Home Office should be taking. There are way too many documented instances of extreme persecution of Christians in Pakistan for this to merely a situatiion of "discrimination".
Bizarre that despite several members of this family already having been murdered for being Christian, that the home office can still say there's no grounds for asylum...and send them back to more persecution and what sounds like most likely death...what else is grounds for asylum if this isn't?
It's dangerous just to be a Christian in Pakistan, but if you have been on trial for blasphemy, you are likely to be murdered by Islamist fanatics even if you have been acquitted. Please show mercy to such Christians. They are sure to be murdered if sent back to Pakistan.
Give this family justice and let them stay. At a time when UK based terrorists are freely allowed to return from places like Syria, it is VITAL that this Christian family is allowed to stay - sending them back to Pakistan would effectively murdering them.
I am dismayed that this Christian endangered family have been hitherto denied asylum in our country that claims to be Christian and stands up for the persecuted. This must change.
The Home office should allow this family to stay in the UK where their life would be safe and they will be a valuable contribution to the society
Christians are not a valued part of this country either. It is a Christian"s lot to be persecuted therefore we need to support each other as much as possible.
I trust the reports about the reason this family had to flee Pakistan. I cannot understand why the Home Office have obviously not examined the case properly.
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Offring asylum to these good people, who are facing genuine threats to their safety, even their lives, is EXACTLY the kind of decision the Home Office should be taking. There are way too many documented instances of extreme persecution of Christians in Pakistan for this to merely a situatiion of "discrimination".