Pakistani Christian faces death threats for opposing blasphemy law
September 10, 2009
Shahbaz Bhatti, a Catholic who serves as minorities minister for the Pakistani government, has disclosed that he has been "receiving death threats and phone calls from extremists for a long time" because of his efforts to protect the rights of the country's Christian minority. Bhatti has been a leader in the campaign to reform Pakistan's blasphemy laws, which are frequently used as the pretext for assaults on Christians. He was also highly visible in condemning the mob violence against Christians in Gojra in August.
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