Amala and Sadia Khan
By Stoyan Zaimov
A Pakistani Christian family currently in hiding and living in poor condition in Sri Lanka are pleading with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to grant them refugee status, as they fear they might be killed if they are brought back to Pakistan.
“We need help,” 29-year old Sadia Khan directly stated to The Christian Post in a phone interview on Tuesday. “We are now seven months in hiding.”
Khan, along with her 11-year-old sister Amala, and their mother, converted to Christianity in Pakistan several years ago. She then began writing a book about terrorism, and according to investigative work she carried out, she found out that allegedly several Pakistani generals and security officials have been supportive of terrorist activities.
The Christian family fled to Sri Lanka earlier this year after fearing their lives might be in danger, and Sadia was accused of being a spy for India by the Pakistani government. In Sri Lanka, however, they were held under detention for a month, and had their passports and other possessions confiscated.
In April, they left detention and have been in hiding in Sri Lanka ever since, afraid that they might face the death penalty if brought back to Pakistan.
Read more at http://global.christianpost.com/news/pakistani-christian-family-in-hiding-pleads-for-un-help-fears-for-lives-108210/
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I know about this family. These girls are struggling hard to survive on the other hand Pakistan and Sri Lanka have joined forces to kill these innocent souls.The worse thing is UNHCR is the first one to flee and Human Rights organizations like UNHCR donot want to disturb the tyrannic Rajpaksa Government.