Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Mullah Mohammad Fazl, responsible for Shia Hazara genocide in Afghanistan, about to be released by Obama administration
Adding to the miseries of Hazara Shias, who are already living under the severe kind of persecution and violence in Pakistani provincial capital Quetta at the hands of radical Shia haters i.e. likes of Malik Ishaq who had been released earlier this year as a result of so called peace deal between Pakistani security establishment and the banned outfits to placate the sectarian organization, Obama administration is all set to hand over another notorious Shia killer Mullah Mohammed Fazl to Afghanistan as part of a long-shot bid to improve prospects of peace deal in Afghanistan. Mullah Mohammed Fazl is a high risk detainee held at Guantanamo Bay military prison since earlier 2002. Mullah was held responsible by the UN for the massacre of thousands of Hazara Shias in Bamian and Yakaolang between 1998 and 2001 during the Taliban rule in Afghanistan....Continue Reading...
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Hindus and Hazaras facing problems in Pak: HRCP
Press Trust Of India
Islamabad, January 01, 2012
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan chief Zohra Yousuf has said that members of the minority Hindu and Hazara communities had been compelled to seek sanctuary abroad as they were facing numerous problems within the country.
Yousuf made the remarks while speaking at the launch of a HRCP report on problems faced by religious minorities at the Karachi Press Club last week.
She expressed concern at growing problems confronting the minorities.
The growing threats to minorities had been compounded by the government’s failure to take measures to address them.
Targeted killings, kidnappings for ransom, and incidents of violence and intimidation linked to religion had shaken the confidence of minorities in the state’s ability to effectively protect them, she said.
Shia Hazaras from Balochistan and Hindus had felt compelled to seek sanctuary abroad, she said.
At the same time, raising the issue of the rights of non-Muslims too had become increasingly dangerous, she said.
Yousuf noted that the authorities had failed to make any breakthrough in apprehending the killers of federal minister Shahbaz Bhatti, a Christian.
Bhatti was gunned down by terrorists near his home in Islamabad last year after he criticised the controversial blasphemy law.
The government has not taken any action on promises of revising or repealing laws misused by radical elements to persecute the minorities, Yousuf said.
Authorities remained passive spectators in the face of hate speeches against religious minorities and this emboldened those who instigated violence, she added.
The government’s commission for minorities was an eyewash and there is no effective forum to protect minorities from intimidation and discrimination, she said.
The government had also failed to take steps to prevent forced conversions and to give minorities adequate representation in parliament, Yousuf said.
Hindustan Times
Islamabad, January 01, 2012
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan chief Zohra Yousuf has said that members of the minority Hindu and Hazara communities had been compelled to seek sanctuary abroad as they were facing numerous problems within the country.
Yousuf made the remarks while speaking at the launch of a HRCP report on problems faced by religious minorities at the Karachi Press Club last week.
She expressed concern at growing problems confronting the minorities.
The growing threats to minorities had been compounded by the government’s failure to take measures to address them.
Targeted killings, kidnappings for ransom, and incidents of violence and intimidation linked to religion had shaken the confidence of minorities in the state’s ability to effectively protect them, she said.
Shia Hazaras from Balochistan and Hindus had felt compelled to seek sanctuary abroad, she said.
At the same time, raising the issue of the rights of non-Muslims too had become increasingly dangerous, she said.
Yousuf noted that the authorities had failed to make any breakthrough in apprehending the killers of federal minister Shahbaz Bhatti, a Christian.
Bhatti was gunned down by terrorists near his home in Islamabad last year after he criticised the controversial blasphemy law.
The government has not taken any action on promises of revising or repealing laws misused by radical elements to persecute the minorities, Yousuf said.
Authorities remained passive spectators in the face of hate speeches against religious minorities and this emboldened those who instigated violence, she added.
The government’s commission for minorities was an eyewash and there is no effective forum to protect minorities from intimidation and discrimination, she said.
The government had also failed to take steps to prevent forced conversions and to give minorities adequate representation in parliament, Yousuf said.
Hindustan Times
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