Christian boy in Pakistan ‘forced to listen to sister, 17, being gang raped because family refused to covert to Islam’
The brick kiln workers were severely beaten by locals demanding they "convert to Islam or die", it is claimed
A CHRISTIAN boy in Pakistan was forced to listen to his sister being gang raped after the family was targeted by locals demanding they convert to Islam, it is claimed.
The brick kiln workers were beaten by locals demanding they "convert to Islam or die", the British Pakistani Christian Association said.
During the ordeal the boy and his sister were dragged into a van and taken to a house where they were blindfolded.
Their captors told the boy that his sister was being raped next door - and that he could spare her from the ordeal by converting.
He refused and managed to escape when his blindfold slipped, according to the British Pakistani Christian Association.
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Once home, the rest of his family asked their slave master for help and he told them to go to the police.
The association said they had since helped the family escape from their brick kiln boss and they now reside at a safe house.
Brick kiln makers in Pakistan are often trapped in a form of modern day slavery, known locally as "bonded labour".
They are forced to work gruelling hours in a bid to repay a debt they are unlikely to ever meet.
Wilson Chowdhry, the association's chairman, said: "This family is deeply traumatised but safe now. We will now begin the arduous task of helping them rebuild their lives in an atmosphere of safety.
"That Muslim despots can kidnap Christian girls with such impunity is a blight on Pakistan's international reputation."
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