...ir. JIB has publicly denied any involvement in violence against the Hindu community”. (A press release by Amnesty International) April 20, 2013: “Despite High Court directives to the government to protect religious m...

...h tensions running high, minorities have come to be seen as soft targets to vent frustration. According to an Amnesty International report published on March 6, more than 40 temples have been destroyed, idols of Hindu de...

...s such a pity that Minorities are being targetted in Myanmar, India, Pakistan, France etc raju bhatt - mumbai pakistan , bangladesh and afghanistan are perfect symbols of stone age mindset.. Ramesh - Pune It is shameful ...

...id Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah in a press conference held in New Delhi on July 14, 1947. After 65 years, Pakistan’s minorities, especially the Hindus, have been compelled to leave their indigenous places in recent t...

...vents further underscore the growing urgency of the human rights crisis facing Hindus and other minorities in Pakistan," said Samir Kalra, Esq., HAF's Director and Senior Fellow for Human Rights. "Unfortunately, dealing ...

...cted in their ability to speak freely, to assemble peacefully, or to form associations or organizations. In Pakistan, religious freedom violations and violence and discrimination against religious minorities cont...

... NEWS ISI supporting Afghan Taliban as ‘official policy’ FATA a human rights black hole: Amnesty TOPICS World Pakistan crime, law and justice terrorism (crime) diplomacy peace negotiations politics Pakistan’s prime minis...

...Releasing its report on the human rights crisis in North-West Pakistan here on Thursday, Amnesty International's Asia-Pacific Director Sam Zarifi sought to ... Describing the Federally Administered Tribal Areas...

...humanitarian law. "Nearly four million people are currently living under the Taliban in Pakistan in northwest Pakistan without rule of law and effectively abandoned by the Pakistani government," Amnesty International's i...

...us, as it has over the years chosen to ignore the genocide of Hindus living in Pakistan and Bangladesh and in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK)". The two leaders criticised the team for meeting Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Ya...

...its annexation to Pakistan. It is the continuation of the Islamic fundamentalist struggle for the homeland of Pakistan which claims Jammu and Kashmir State on account of its Muslim majority character.  To achieve this ai...

...comed and regularly granted visas to international NGOs and other human rights monitors, including members of Amnesty International and HRW. Authorities generally gave international observers access to barracks and place...

... Amnesty international report, it has been Indian is busy in fomenting terrorism in Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan   and Bangladesh.   The action against Maoists-Naxalites in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal and ...

...stan reveals part of the problems, and I therefore republish it herewith. Amnesty International Report 2009 – Pakistan http://thereport.amnesty.org/en/regions/asia-pacific/pakistan Portrait Head of state: Asif Ali Zardar...

...cies at a larger 4%. Half of Pakistan’s Christian minority population is Catholic, the other half Protestant. Pakistan’s religious minorities Minority religions and sectarian groups in Pakistan come from a vast collectio...

...bound over whether Pakistan lacks the capacity and intent to fight militancy." ----- A Fifth Class student in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province. © Anduze traveller (flickr) A Fifth Class student in Pakistan's North...

...essive Pakistani Taliban groups that have taken over the area since April 21, Amnesty International said from Pakistan today. Buner's takeover follows the Taliban's assumption of power in the neighboring Swat valley. "Th...

... “missing” according to expected population trends. PAKISTAN - Hindus, who constituted between 15% and 24% of Pakistan’s population in 1947, now comprise less than 1.6% of the population. - Nearly 2 million people, many...

... “missing” according to expected population trends. PAKISTAN - Hindus, who constituted between 15% and 24% of Pakistan’s population in 1947, now comprise less than 1.6% of the population. - Nearly 2 million people, many...

...d the princess money. Amnesty During the year the government continued its tradition of pardoning or granting amnesty on special occasions, including holy days and during Ramadan. For example, the Saudi Gazette reported ...

...stan to take some obvious actions to defuse Indian anger over its involvement in the attacks. It worked, too. Pakistan did go after Lashkar-i-Taiba and made some arrests, but it would surprise no one if the arrests are s...

...stan to take some obvious actions to defuse Indian anger over its involvement in the attacks. It worked, too. Pakistan did go after Lashkar-i-Taiba and made some arrests, but it would surprise no one if the arrests are s...

...ce “routine” but says “most people are so glad to be out of interrogation alive, they don’t really complain.” Amnesty International documented similar abuses of power by security personnel in the northeastern state of As...

...ajiv Gandhi in a 1991 suicide attack. Extremists in India also receive training in other countries. Pakistan. Pakistan-based extremists have long played a part in the conflict over Indian-controlled Kashmir. Experts say ...

...ce “routine” but says “most people are so glad to be out of interrogation alive, they don’t really complain.” Amnesty International documented similar abuses of power by security personnel in the northeastern state of As...

...ps that have developed around Fiji.” There are now huge squatter camps in the Fiji cities of Suva and Ba, and Amnesty International estimates that 12 percent of Fiji Indians live in squatter camps. The worst part was a l...