It is deplorable that 30 years on, this legacy of General Zia remains and the law is still used to justify the persecution of Ahmadis: millions are harassed, tens of thousands forced to flee the country and hundreds murdered in cold blood.
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By Letters to Editor | April 25, 2014
For 30 years Pakistan’s legal system has connived in the persecution of Ahmadiyya Muslims
Sir, Thirty years ago today Pakistan amended its penal code to target Ahmadiyya Muslims and made it a criminal offence, punishable by three years imprisonment, for an Ahmadi to call himself a Muslim.
It is deplorable that 30 years on, this legacy of General Zia remains and the law is still used to justify the persecution of Ahmadis: millions are harassed, tens of thousands forced to flee the country and hundreds murdered in cold blood.
Together with blasphemy laws that prescribe the death penalty, with no requirement of evidence bar a reported allegation, these laws have emboldened extremists to harass and kill Christian, Ahmadis, Shai, and other citizens simply on ground of faith.
All officers of the All Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or belief we are seeking to highlight this issue, and welcome the House of Commons debate on the subject that will be led by Naomi Long, MP, on May 1.
As a true friend of Pakistan, David Cameron will, we are sure, do likewise when he welcomes Pakistan's Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, to the UK in the coming days.
Thirty years of persecution is enough.
Baroness Berridge, (chairman)
Lord Singh of Wimbledon
Lord Alton of Liverpool
Baroness Cox
All Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or belief
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