Islamabad, July 18 (IANS) Despite the systematic persecution of Ahmadis, Pakistan has rarely faced the sustained international pressure that such state-sponsored discrimination would ordinarily invite. The discrimination, embedded in the country’s constitution, penal code, electoral system, police enforcement, and judicial processes, is often treated as a domestic sensitivity rather than a system of religious repression, a report has stated. According to a report in online magazine ‘The Diplom…
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London, July 1 (IANS) A leading international human rights organisation strongly condemned the treatment of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Pakistan, citing campaigns demanding the closure of Ahmadi mosques, criminal prosecutions under the country’s discriminatory blasphemy and anti-Ahmadi laws, economic boycotts, grave desecrations and targeted killings.Expressing grave concern, the UK-based International Human Rights Committee (IHRC) said that the recent developments in Pakistan reflect the …
London, June 5 (IANS) A leading international human rights organisation strongly condemned the treatment of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Pakistan during the Eid-ul-Adha celebration this year, accusing authorities of intensifying surveillance, arrests, and restrictions targeting Ahmadis. Expressing grave concern, the UK-based International Human Rights Committee (IHRC) said that Pakistani authorities, alongside the extremist groups across several regions in the country, intensified measures …
London, May 26 (IANS) A leading international human rights organisation on Tuesday strongly condemned the desecration of the Ahmadiyya place of worship by local authorities and the assault on an Ahmadi individual in Pakistan’s Sindh province, warning that the targeting of Ahmadiyya worship sites under extremist pressure reflects deepening intolerance in the country.Expressing grave concern, the UK-based International Human Rights Committee (IHRC) states that the incident is part of a continuing …