𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙢 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙪𝙧

25th Sep 2017 Today, Federation of National Christian Nepal (FNCN) has organized a Thanksgiving and Prayer program on the occasion of clean given by the High Court of Surkhet to the falsely accused and imprisoned Christians namely Rup Lal Pariyar, Ganga Pariyar, Lali Pun and Bimkali Budha. The program was started with the starting prayer by Co-President Dr. Philemon Chhetri. President C.B. Gahatraj had chaired the program and was well conducted by Secretary Pastor Tej Bahadur Rokka. Senior Pastor of Koinonia Patan Church Rev. Dr. Mangal Man Maharjan, International Advisor of FNCN Pastor Rajesh Tiwari and the Secretary of Freedom for All Nepal; Human Rights Activist Mr. Khagendra Oli were presented as the guests in the program. General Secretary of FNCN Pastor Padam Nath Parajuli welcomed all the guests and participants whereas Co-General Secretary Pastor Sagar Baizu presented the Press Releases in the theme entry session. He also presented the description of obstacles and challenges faced by FNCN during the case procedure. Rev. Dr. Mangal Man Maharjan had shared an inspiring sermon. The victims Rup Lal Pariyar and Lali pun had shared their testimony with the suffering story during the imprisoned period and the miraculous work done by God in their life. Human Rights Activist Mr. Khagendra Oli shared his experience that he received from the field study of this case and gave his commitment to being always supportive for Christian Community in the future too. FNCN’s Central Committee Member Bal Bahadur Tamrakar had given the brief description of the case and the offering was collected to support the victims. President Mr. C.B. Gahatraj had thanked all the participants for devoting their valuable time in the program. The ending prayer of the program was made by the International Secretary Pastor Rajesh Tiwari. Case History: The 5 members of the Samuel Church, Salyan, namely Mr. Rup Lal Pariyar, Ganga Pariyar, Lali Pun, Bimkali Budha and Rupa Thapa were falsely accused by Salyan District court on 19th. May 2016. Regarding the case, on December 19th, 2016, the court had released the victim Rupa Thapa and other remaining 4 victims were given the verdict of 5 years rigorous prison with a fine of Nrs. 50,000.00 each (Fifty Thousand each). In order to find out the actual fact, a team of Federation of National Christian Nepal (FNCN) led by President Mr. C.B. Gahatraj comprising human rights activist and journalist had worked by visiting the Salyan headquarters and meeting with all the stakeholders of the case. According to the report and the decision of case study team, on 19th Feb 2017, Co-General Secretary/Spokesperson of FNCN Pastor Sagar Baizu and Advocate Balaram Timilsina had filed a case in Higher Court, Surkhet to set free the victims. Regarding the case filed by FNCN, on 10th Sep. 2017, a joint team of High Court Surkhet’s Judges honorable Mahesh Sharma Paudel and honorable Krishna Thapa has invalidated the verdict made on 19th Dec. 2016 by District Court, Salyan and all 4 victims were set free from their remaining imprisonment.