Save Christian Boy from Execution

It all began with a religious conversation that Shazad did not initiate

Shahzad was at work when a Muslim co-worker, Jalali, started a religious conversation. When Jalali told Shahzad about the Prophet Muhammad, Shahzad told Jalali that his father has a friend named Ali who makes derogatory remarks whenever he hears peoples’ names that have Muhammad in it. Instead of accusing Ali, a group of men took Shahzad and handed him over to the police. The police then filed a blasphemy case against Shahzad.

A police investigation found no evidence of blasphemy

Even though the police investigation did not find any evidence of blasphemy in Shahzad’s conversation, the prosecution still brought charges and the case went to trial. During the trial, all the witnesses stated that “Jalali began the religious conversation” and that Shahzad only stated that “his father has a friend named Ali, who uses derogatory remarks in the respect of [the] Holy Prophet.”

Extremists made threats if the judge didn’t convict Shazhad

Several Islamic clerics and members of a Muslim religious sect attended court hearings in order to threaten the judge. After over five years of court hearings, Judge Amir Mukhtar Gondal sentenced Shahzad to death by hanging. Pakistani trial courts are known to decide blasphemy cases under pressure from angry Muslim mobs. This is exactly what happened here.

We’re fighting this miscarriage of justice, but we need your help

We immediately mobilized our legal team on the ground in Pakistan to represent Shahzad and appeal his case. We also lodged a formal complaint with the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD).

A record of success

We’ve helped free Christians – like Christian mom Asia Bibi who was charged under the same barbaric law – from death row in Pakistan before, but we can’t do it without YOU.

We need your help

We request prayer for Shahzad, his family, and our legal teams in Pakistan and the U.S. who are working on this case.

We need your signature on this petition to help save this Christian’s life.

And, we need your donations to help us continue fighting a drawn out legal battle. Even a simple $5 donation goes a long way toward keeping us in the fight for as long as it takes.