Geneva: An event was organized at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) headquarters to highlight the plight of minorities in South Asia, especially in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. The activists participating in the program termed the policies being adopted by the Pakistan government as wrong and also criticized them.
These people were included among the speakers
This program was organized by NEP-JKGBL (National Equality Party Jammu Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan and Ladakh). Various workers participated in the program. According to a release issued by the organisers, the event will include Professor Nicholas Levert, special correspondent on minority issues; Konstantin Bogdanos, a former member of the Greek Parliament and a journalist, was among the speakers. According to the release, Tsenge Tsering ( search ); British journalist and author and expert on South Asian affairs Humphrey Hawksley and Sajjad Raja, founding chairman of NEP-JKGBL, were also among the speakers. Joseph Chongsi of the Center for Human Rights and Peace Advocacy served as the event’s moderator.
The program focused on the situation of minorities
According to the press release, the event, organized on the sidelines of the main event, focused on the situation of minorities in Pakistan, especially in the regions of Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. In his address, Bogdanos said that leaders as well as European citizens “need to take an interest in these issues, even if they are physically far from our borders”. He strongly criticized the policies adopted by the Pakistani government towards minorities and the militarization of the region, turning prosperous areas into hostile places. He also referred to his country’s situation in Northern Cyprus and argued that they were fighting against oppressors.
population is in poverty
Tsenj Tsering, a native of Gilgit-Baltistan, explained the importance of the region in trade relations between Pakistan and China and said that despite being a prosperous region, the population here lives in poverty, with poor education and medical infrastructure and food security at risk. Lives. He said that the Pakistan government uses them as a means of blackmail. They also condemned the fact that they live without constitutional rights, without the right to vote and without the right to make laws, despite being the majority in the region.
minorities becoming victims of genocide
Hawksley stressed the need for peaceful resistance to the oppressor and to develop these areas as the only strategy to avoid disaster. A member of the Democratic Forum said that minorities in Pakistan are becoming victims of genocide and the international community ignores this situation. Therefore such events are important. Language
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