The Accused Blasphemer Hector Aleem’s Lawyer

John R. Houk
© July 22, 2010

Hector Aleem is a persecuted Christian living in Pakistan that has been falsely accused of blaspheming against Islam. The best description of Hector’s plight with an unjust death sentence can on one of my blog posts: SlantRight.com.

I received a Facebook plea for money for a lawyer. The last time I posted about a lawyer one of Hector’s daughters informed her readers that a stiff fee had to be presented up front for continued service.

Apparently that lawyer took the money and went on the lamb with the donations. I am guessing that lawyer was a crooked Muslim or was fearful of defending someone on trial for insulting Islam or both.

Now another lawyer who his wife calls - a Pakistan Supreme Court lawyer - is asking for a big fee. Unfortunately for my readers, Kausar Aleem sent her Facebook message on July 20 needing the money for July 22. That is of course today.

The Facebook messages have been sent out heavy on requesting the money and light on the Hector Aleem update. My first instinct is to think Nigerian Scam in operation from someone in Pakistan or claiming to be in Pakistan. And yet the plight of Hector Aleem has been issued by the Christian Human Rights group he headed – Peace World Wide. The Voice of the Martyrs blog has also weighed in on Hector’s frame up, torture and the appearance of a death sentence. I wish the Mainstream Media (MSM) pick up on this persecution to provide international scrutiny on a possible death penalty for a mere alleged blaspheming insult of an Imam (hence an insult toward Islam). This would provide at the very least enough credibility to keep the money flowing to the Aleem family in Pakistan.

I am going to cross post Kausar Aleem’s update. I am going to use the Hector Aleem blog rather than the facebook notification. I confess my ignorance on how the “tinyurl” thing works with copying and posting. If the “tinyurl” link doesn’t work on my post go to the Hector Aleem blog and use the link there.

JRH 7/22/10
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Update About Hector Aleem

By Kausar Aleem
July 21, 2010
Hector Aleem’s Blog

Dear supporters of Hector Aleem,

I am very sorry that I didn't update you on time. so here is the update of Hector's case.1- Our lawyer who was working for us has ran away and after that we found another lawyer who is a Supreme Court lawyer and he has taken our case.

When he took our case he told me that first of all he will make Hector out than we will give him his fee but as soon as he took our case he started demanding high fee as he is a SUPREME COURT LAWYER. That is why the amount is bigger than before. I know those who has donated for the previous lawyer do not like this but believe me we are more upset and our case which is very dangerous that even lawyers feels uncomfortable and no organization has helped us that is why we have to do all this alon.

2- Fee receipt of the lawyer is attached but this time I am being more careful. But still we have to collect donations. Do donate any amount you can and if you have already donated than please tell your friends to donate.

3- 22 July is the date of petition filed by our lawyer in High Court. We hope that our FIR ( first information report) will be quashed (cancelled) by the high court judge because it was filed illegal because an individual cannot lodge the blasphemy FIR. A senior officer is supposed to be the plantiff in the blasphemy case and before lodging it he has to investigate the case properly.

4 - As you know that two brothers from Faisalabad having same case i.e. Blasphemy case were shot dead yesterday in Faisalabad - Pakistan and no Police Officer did anything in fact they supported the killer in shooting the victims. Because the killer was only one guy and Police men were many in number but still those two brothers were killed. The reason to tell you this is Hector Aleem is arrested in that false blasphemy case and this case is the most dangerous case in Pakistan. A person can be killed by anyone anytime. So please pray for Hector Aleem's safety and also do write to Pakistani Government for his safety.

5 - Finally please donate any amount you can, because hopefully this maybe the last time we are collecting donation for Hector Aleem. Please pray for the quashment (Cancellation) of the FIR. You can donate through any way, you can either donate through pay pal or through western union. If you wanna donate through pay pal then follow the link given below and if you can donate through western union then contact Mehwish Aleem (in the group admin).

Here is the link for the pay pal: http://tinyurl.com/hectoraleem

Sincerely,Kausar Aleem
Wife of Hector Aleem
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The Accused Blasphemer Hector Aleem’s Lawyer
John R. Houk
© July 22, 2010
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Update About Hector Aleem