ICC Note:

Human rights activists are demanding the release of a 44-year-old Christian, Nadeem, who was imprisoned in November on a false blasphemy charge. The grounds of release, according to the activists, is Nadeem’s poor mental condition which should absolve him from any charge. After his arrest, Nadeem was tortured by police and now police are looking for Nadeem’s brother despite the fact the brother is not connected to the case. Such accusations and arrests are insidious within Pakistan which defy the most recent statement from a Pakistani state minister that Pakistan respects Christians.  

01/02/2018 Pakistan (Pakistan Christian Post) – The civil society activists have demanded the release of arrested blasphemy accused Nadeem Samson on humanitarian ground as he is mentally ill.

A Christian man of age 44 years named Nadeem Samson was picked up illegally by Police on November 24, 2017, and transferred to an unknown place where he was brutally tortured.

The Judicial Magistrate of section 30 of District Courts Lahore City ordered on November 27, 2017, of judicial custody of Nadeem Samson but he was remanded for two more days where again he was physically tortured but when his condition became critical he was transferred to jail.

Police charged Nadeem Samson in blasphemy case number 123, dated November 24, 2017, under charges of 3 Blasphemy and other 12 sections 3/4 ,11/13 ,14/16, 20, 419, 420, 468, 471,109, 295A ,295C, 298A at Police Station FIA, Cyber Crime, Lahore, Pakistan.

This blasphemy case again was due to enmity and contention for property between Nadeem’s family and a Muslim man name Abdul Haq (Goga), who once entered and took unfair charge of his uncle’s property at Christian Colony, Shahadara, Lahore.

Mohammad Goga once declared that he was converted Christian and took refuge in their home and later he was found Converted-Muslim-back and worked as Police informer.

Nadeem once offered Abdul Haq (Goga) to pay the present cost of property and tried to get back that property but Abdul Huq (Goga) once found Nadeem’s ID card copy and bought a sim card by his name and continued insulted Islam and their prophet through Facebook.

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