My family is facing deportation and religious death threats. We live in Azerbaijan, but my mother has Pakistani nationality and my dad has Bangladeshi nationality. Because my mom converted from Islam to Christianity, she has received death threats from her family in Pakistan.

Pakistan is known for religious violence. Extremists there kill their own family members in the name of religion and “honor.” Meanwhile, my father, my three-year-old brother and I could be deported to Bangladesh. We face threats there too, because I converted to Christianity.

Under treaty law, Azerbaijan should not deport us. It has signed the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol. It is obligated by the principle of “non-refoulement” to not return anyone to a country where that person has reason to fear persecution. But Azerbaijan has still said they will deport us. This will separate our family and put us in danger.

Please join us in asking UNHCR Azerbaijan to certify us as refugees and, if Azerbaijan continues to deny us asylum, to help us resettle in a safe third country. I will post updates in this petition and on Twitter at: @Warda12112002

All we want is to stay together and live anywhere that is safe. Please sign this petition to help save me and my family!