Conference to Support Refugees

Cynthia from Cambridge

Christians Supporting Persecuted Christian Refugees is holding a conference at the Hamilton East Methodist Church on Wednesday, 11 March at 7pm.
Readers might or might not know that being Christian in Pakistan is a risky business. Persecution of Christians is very widespread, they are regarded as second class citizens. www.bbc.com...

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Many flee to Thailand and Malaysia where they can be detained at the will of the government and held in immigration detention centres where life is extremely difficult.

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The conference is to raise awareness of the situation in Pakistan, Thailand and Malaysia; raise funds to release Waikato based Christian refugee family members from detention in Thailand and support the reunification of those families. The keynote speaker is Fr Michael Kelly SJ, an Australian priest based in Bangkok.

The programme for the conference is:

o Programme:

o 7.00pm: Welcome. Apologies. Introduce the silent auction.

 Refugee stories from Pakistan: Being a Christian in Pakistan

 Refugee stories from the countries of refuge: Arbitary Detention in Thailand and Malaysia.

 Children’s stories: Life in the Bangkok Detention Centre

 Break: “Enjoy” an authentic Bangkok prison meal.

 Keynote speaker: Father Michael Kelly, SJ.

• Michael Kelly SJ., is a Bangkok-based Australian Jesuit who led www.ucanews.com... 2008-2018. He has extensive experience of working with and advocating for Christian refugees in Thailand.

 Supper.

If you need any more information please contact Cynthia Piper: 0800217411, text 021704411 or email c.piper@tci.ac.nz