Religious Persecution Hindus in Pakistan

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Religious PersecutionHindus in Pakistan
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Broken Rights

• From the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
  made in December 1948, Religious Persecution
  worldwide has led to the following Right being
  broken
• 18.   Everyone has the right to freedom of
  thought, conscience and religion this right
  includes freedom to change his religion or
  belief, and freedom, either alone or in community
  with others and in public or private, to manifest
  his religion or belief in teaching, practice,
  worship and observance.

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Issue

• The Hindu population in Pakistan has reduced from
  26, in 1947, right down to 2
• Several Hindus had been constantly harassed and
  killed in large numbers. Hindu women were
  attacked and kidnapped.
• Between the period of 1970 1971 was the main
  torture and a huge massacre
• The issue was so severe that in the early 1990s,
  over 300 Hindu temples were destroyed
• This caused the largest number of Hindus to
  migrate from Pakistan

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Where?

• Muslim extremists are very common in Pakistan
• Hence, many Hindus in Pakistan will not be very
  welcome into the country
• This particularly occurs around the border of
  India Pakistan including places like Sindh
  and Kashmir
• Such places used to be widely populated by
  Indians before the partition, which occurred in
  1947.

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UN Actions Plans

• The UN has yet bee involved in promoting harmony
  between these two countries.

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What can WE do?

• Through several sports such as cricket, and
  hockey the two countries have tried to reconcile
  and promote harmony within the two countries.
• It has been well-known that India had lent a
  great helping-hand towards Pakistan during its
  huge earthquake in October 2005

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Religious PersecutionChristians in Iraq
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Issue

• The government has brutally oppressed the Shi'ite
  population (the Sunni portion of the population
  is politically dominant) and the Kurds who live
  in the northern part of the country. The Assyrian
  Christians who also live in the North have
  suffered numerous injustices, including forced
  relocations and artillery bombardments. The
  Assyrians are often accused of aiding the Kurds,
  who are struggling to create their own state.
  This oppression, although negatively affecting
  the church isnt per se religiously motivated.

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Where?

• Iraq

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UN Actions Plans

• The UN has not been involved with this

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What can WE do?

• Pray for the Christians of Iraq that they may be
  protected from harm and that the Christian
  message may be heard and received by all. Pray
  that they may have the chance to serve those who
  continue to suffer from war and the on-going
  economic sanctions against Iraq.
• email at icc_at_persecution.org

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Religious PersecutionChristians (Hmong
Christians) in Vietnam
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Issue

• The key issue is the religious persecution of
  Hmong Christians in Vietnam.

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Where?

• This issue is a problem in Vietnam because the
  Vietnamese authorities feel it necessary to step
  up their campaign of Hmong Christian Persecution.
  Sources say that authorities even threatened to
  murder religious leaders.

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UN Actions Plans

• The UN has clearly stated in its Universal
  Declaration of Human Rights that all humans have
  a right to their own beliefs.

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What can WE do?

• We can support the Hmong Christians and encourage
  them to pursue their religious beliefs. We should
  also report and crimes of racial discrimination
  to the necessary authorities.

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By

• Suraj Samtani
• Viola Tse
• Farina Shroff