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Wednesday 29th August 2012

Ooberfuse release single taking up the cause of Pakistani girl

LONDON-based electro-pop band Ooberfuse, together with Wizard MC from the British Pakistani Christian Association (BPCA), have released a song, "Turn The Tide", in protest against the latest victim of Pakistan's black blasphemy laws. Following the advocacy work for victims of Pakistan's "black" law, started by Punjabi Governor Salman Taseer (gunned down by his own body-guard in January 2011) and Pakistan's Minister for Minorities, Shahbaz Bhatti (brutally murdered by Taliban assassins in March 2011), "Turn The Tide" highlights the plight of young Rimsha Masih arrested by the police, under pressure from a mob at Mehrabadi village, on the outskirts of Islamabad. Ooberfuse frontwoman Cherrie Anderson said, "Over the weekend we got a call from Wilson of the BPCA alerting us to the events unfolding last Thursday (16th August 2012) which culminated in Rimsha's arrest. She was persuaded to take a sack full of rubbish to the dust-bin but, unbeknown to her, the sack contained ash from burnt papers including fragments from the Quran. In no time at all and with a few days remaining of the extended Ramadan fast preceding the day-festival of Eid an enraged crowd had gathered calling for her arrest and execution." CR

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