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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…

OVERVIEW OF THE CURRENT STATE OF SIKHS AND HINDUS IN AFGHANISTAN

By HRDI India September 10, 2022Afghanistan, MIGRANTS, Rights of Minorities

Background Sikh and Hindu Afghans currently face a difficult if not unlivable situation in many parts of Afghanistan. The Sikh and Hindu communities have lived in Afghanistan for centuries but…

AFGHANISTAN 2019 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT

By HRDI India September 10, 2022Afghanistan, Rights of Minorities

Executive Summary The constitution establishes Islam as the state religion but stipulates followers of religions other than Islam may exercise their faith within the limits of the law. Conversion from…

Minority Rights” Has China heard of this term?

By HRDI Admin February 18, 2021Articles, China, HRDI INTERNSHIP

Any discussion on the current state of minority rights in China must precede with the basic understanding of the term ‘Minority’. Well surprisingly, until the present day, there is no…

RIGHTS OF MINORITIES IN BANGLADESH: AN OVERVIEW

By HRDI Admin January 18, 2021Articles, Bangladesh, HRDI INTERNSHIP, Latest News, Paper Submitted By HRDI Interns

Today human right has a great significance. There exist different minorities such as ethnic, lingual, religious and racial minorities, which have different tendencies that are derived from different civilizations and…

Rights of minorities in Bangladesh.

By HRDI Admin January 18, 2021Articles, Bangladesh, HRDI INTERNSHIP, Latest News, MIGRANTS

“Democracy is not the law of the majority but the protection of the minority.” -Albert Camus Introduction Bangladesh, officially called the People’s Republic of Bangladesh is a south Asian country.…

RELIGIOUS MINORITIES IN PAKISTAN: AN ANALYSIS

By HRDI Admin January 18, 2021Articles, HRDI INTERNSHIP, Latest News, Pakistan, Rights of Minorities

Pakistan emerged as an independent country in 1947. It was earlier a part of India. Pakistan before separation was a mix of religions. Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism existed before the…

History Repeats Itself – the Persecution of Chinese Uighur Muslims

By HRDI Admin January 18, 2021Articles, China, HRDI INTERNSHIP, Latest News

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that largely informs the laws and beliefs of the People’s Republic of China is perceived by the international community as largely authoritarian. Anyone who doesn’t…

MINORITIES IN PAKISTAN

By HRDI Admin January 18, 2021Articles, HRDI INTERNSHIP, Latest News, Pakistan, Rights of Minorities

The most debatable topic of recent years is human rights. People living around the world claim their freedom as human beings, i.e., the rights or services for which a fair…