Outrage emerges in Sindh, Pakistan, after Daya Bheel, a hindu woman, was killed.
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The attack on Minorities
On Thursday, India called on Pakistan to protect its minorities after a hindu woman was killed in the Sindh province. Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said that, speaking at the weekly media briefing of the Ministry of External Affairs, they had seen reports about it, but they didn’t have specific details on the case, however they have reiterated that Pakistan should have protected its minorities along with their safety, security and well-being, which had been their responsibility.
The Senator of Pakistan People’s Party, Krishna Kumari, from Tharparkar Sindh, had rushed to her village and had confirmed the news of the brutal murder of the Hindu woman.
She tweeted “Daya Bheel, a 40-year-old widow, was brutally murdered and her body was found in a very bad condition. Her head was separated from the body and the savages had removed the flesh from the whole head. I visited her village. The police teams from Sinjhoro and Shahpurchakar had also reached,”.
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Other encroachments on religious liberty
The United Kingdom’s government recently this month, imposed sanctions on muslim cleric Mian Abdul Haq for forcing young girls and women from religious minorities to undergo forced conversions and forced marriages.
The International Forum For Rights And Security (IFFRAS) said that these recent sanctions showed once again how dangerous the situation for minorities in Pakistan was. These Sanctions on Mian, who was described as a “controversial Sindhi pir”, was a part of a new wave of sanctions that hope to limit those abusing human rights, corrupt actors, and perpetrators of sexual violence in conflict.
According to The International Forum For Rights And Security (IFFRAS), Mian Abdul Haq was a lawmaker in the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) between 2008 and 2013. He was expelled from the party for attempting to forcibly convert and marry off Rinkle Kumari, a girl from a religious hindu minority.
The sindhi pir, also known as Mian Mathu, is well known in the upper Sindh area for conducting forced conversions and marriages of minor girls from religious minorities.
The IFFRAS report said that the UK sanctions mean effectively that individuals who have received sanctions cannot do any business or undertake economic activity with UK citizens or companies and will be denied entry to the UK.
Activists are saying that the state of human rights in Pakistan have reached an all time low. Several global bodies and media reports are reporting on the dire situation for minorities, women and children in Pakistan.
Especially in Sindh, forced conversions and attacks on religious minorities are drastically increasing. The forced conversion of minor girls from religious minorities under duress is becoming increasingly more common.
The response
Earlier this year in November, the World Sindhi Congress (WSC) had its 34th International Conference in London. Addressing the International Conference on Sindh, WSC chairperson Dr Rubina Shaikh stressed the point that Sindh was witnessing the “worst period in history.”
During the conference, the World Sindhi Congress asked any and all international institutions including the United Nations to make a “case of ecocide” against the Pakistani government in local and international courts. Any sanctions that were designed to restrict attempts at brutalities against minorities should be upheld.
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