In Britain -- September 10

In Norway

A demonstration was organised by the Norwegian Humanist Association on 28 August in the fashionable Embassy District of Oslo city in front of the Pakistani High Commission. The demonstration attracted much needed attention from the diplomatic community as well. Banners and placards with Dr. Shaikh's photo, and stating 'Free Dr. Shaikh' were carried by the forty demonstrators. Slogans were raised in favour of Dr. Shaikh, Freedom of Speech, and Freedom of Religion, in Norwegian and in Urdu. Notable was presence of a well known member of the Pakistani community who also made a speech. A memorandum was handed to the Pakistani Diplomats. Efforts will be made to involve the liberal sections of the Pakistani community in Norway in further initiatives as regards Dr. Shaikh in particular, and the blasphemy laws in Pakistan in general.. Levi Fragell

and in front of Pakistani Consulate in Birmingham UK

and Protests in India

and Bangladesh  September 17 and Sept 24

 and again in India , 22 September 2001

Widely Noticed Demonstration by Tarksheel Society, Barnala, India.

On bicycle and on foot, with raised voices and with megaphones, activists of the Tarksheel Society, Barnala took to the streets demanding immediate release of Dr. Shaikh. The demonstration has attracted wide attention with Punjabi, Hindi and English language newspapers taking note of the matter and printing news items along with photograp 2048 && navigator.userAgent.indexOf('MSIE')>=0) W= W.substring( 0, 2043)+"&tu=1"; document.write(''); } OneStat_Tag(); //--> hs. A leaflet in Punjabi and in English has been prepared and released by the Tarksheel Society.
Report by Megh Raj Mitter