Rights of Minorities – Page 2 – HRDI – Human Rights Defense International

Hindus in Pakistan A survey of Human Rights, 2020

By HRDI India September 17, 2022Pakistan, Rights of Minorities

Human rights and religious freedom conditions continued to deteriorate at an unprecedented rate in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan during 2019 - 2020. Pakistan’s widespread violation of human rights and…

PAKISTAN: THE SITUATION OF RELIGIOUS MINORITIES

By HRDI India September 17, 2022Pakistan, Rights of Minorities

Introduction Pakistan is a country of approximately 172 million people, of whom around 95-96 percent areMuslims, comprising roughly 80 percent Sunni and 20 percent Shia. For the purposes of thisreport…

Persecution and Discrimination of Hindus in Pakistan

By HRDI India September 17, 2022Pakistan, Rights of Minorities

Under the unrelenting persecution and hate it is no surprise that Pakistan’s Hindu and Sikh minorities are fast disappearing with India being the favoured destination for the refugees with large…

Connecting the Dots: Education and Religious Discrimination in Pakistan

By HRDI India September 17, 2022Pakistan, Rights of Minorities

Overview Pakistan is undergoing incredible stress in its capacity to govern. Relief efforts in response to the floods of 2010 and 2011 alone seem capable of overwhelming all other government…

DISCRIMINATION AGAINST RELIGIOUS MINORITIES IN PAKISTAN: AN ANALYSIS OF FEDERAL AND PROVINCIAL LAWS

By HRDI India September 17, 2022Pakistan, Rights of Minorities

Introduction Mohammad Ali Jinnah, address to the Constituent Assembly, August 11,947: “You are free: you are free to go to your temples, you are free to go to your mosques…

By HRDI India September 17, 2022Pakistan, Rights of Minorities

Abstract Religious minorities, including Christians, are facing severe discriminations in numerous Muslim-majority countries. Yet in no country are Christians so systematically - and institutionally - persecuted and victimised as in…

Forced Conversions & Forced Marriages In Sindh, Pakistan

By HRDI India September 16, 2022Pakistan, Rights of Minorities

Executive Summary It has been estimated that 1000 women and girls from religious minorities are abducted, forcibly converted and then married off to their abductors every year (ref The Aurat…

Forced Conversions & Forced Marriages In Sindh, Pakistan

By HRDI India September 16, 2022Pakistan, Rights of Minorities

Executive Summary It has been estimated that 1000 women and girls from religious minorities are abducted, forcibly converted and then married off to their abductors every year (ref The Aurat…

Minorities under attack: Faith-based discrimination and violence in Pakistan

By HRDI India September 16, 2022Hindu Refugees from Pakistan, Pakistan

1. IntroductionFollowing growing incidents of violence, intolerance and discrimination towards members ofreligious and sectarian minority communities across Pakistan, the Human Rights Commissionof Pakistan (HRCP) convened the Working Group…

Religious Freedom in Pakistan in 2022

By HRDI India September 15, 2022Hindu Refugees from Pakistan, Pakistan, Rights of Minorities

In 2022, Pakistan’s religious freedom conditions remain on a negative trajectory with religious minorities subject to frequent attacks and threats including accusations of blasphemy, targeted killings, lynchings, mob violence, forced…