On the eve of Holi, a religious festival known as ‘the festival of colours’ where Hindus around the world burn pyres symbolizing the victory of good over evil, Pakistani Hindus watched in horror as mobs set fire to their dharamshalla (community center) and temple in Larkana, a city in the southern Sindh province. The Hindu American […]
HAF Shares Awareness of Voiceless Hindu Minorities Suffering Indignity and Injustice
“All they want is peace,” said Samir Kalra, Esq., the Hindu American Foundation (HAF)’s Director and Senior Fellow for Human Rights, while describing his conversations with Pakistani Hindu refugees to a standing room only audience at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. The Press Club event marked the formal release of the Foundation’s ninth […]
Pakistani Hindu Refugees Feel Fear 24 hours a Day
“There is fear 24 hours a day…Hindus see themselves as helpless,” recounted Chetan Ram, while describing life in Pakistan to the Hindu American Foundation’s Director & Senior Human Rights Fellow, Samir Kalra, Esq., at the Chopasni refugee camp in Jodhpur, India. Ram was part of a contingent of 204 Hindu refugees that fled Pakistan’s southern Sindh […]
Conversion of Hindu Boy to Islam Was Broadcast Live on Pakistani Media (Video)
It is a fact that Hindus in Pakistan are venerable to forceful conversion, but this plight became more dreadful when a Hindu Boy was converted to Islam and the whole proceeding was live telecasted on a national TV. Pakistani TV show ‘Ramazan chat’ broadcasted live a Hindu boy converting to Islam in a studio packed […]
Hindus Continue to be Mistreated, Kidnapped and Killed in Pakistan
Another plea and protest has rose against the Pakistan government to create laws supporting the Hindu minority rights in Pakistan. The Hindu communities in Pakistan have demanded that new laws be formed in order to eliminate the constant threats and carrying out of kidnappings, discrimination, harassment and forced conversion. After growing incidents of forced conversion […]
Human Rights Report Released Amidst Worsening Plight of Minorities In Pakistan
(CHAKRA) HAF (Hindu American Foundation) released its eighth annual Hindu human rights report today amidst increased concern over the worsening plight of Hindus in Pakistan. The report, Hindus in South Asia and the Diaspora: A Survey of Human Rights, 2011, documents human rights violations against Hindus in Pakistan as well as seven other countries and regions […]
3 Culprits Caught After Sacred Cow Slaughtered at Hindu Temple
Kerala, India (CHAKRA) – Kunnathunadu, Kothamangalam and Muvattupuzha, three taluks of Ernakulam district experienced a shutdown on January 18th, as a result of the inhumane slaughtering of an innocent and pregnant cow. Three individuals belonging to the local Muslim community slit the cow’s throat inside the compound of the Sree Dharma Sastha. The shutdown began after […]
Asylum Only Option for Hindus in Pakistan
By Jagmit Singh Province of Balochistan Pakistan (CHAKRA) – Tausiq Kumar, a resident of Islamabad, Pakistan, has recently applied for asylum in India, after his relative, Ramesh was murdered while trying to resist a kidnapping. Kumar, a trader is a resident of Patel Bagh near Quetta, from where he applied for asylum. According to Kumar, […]
Activist in Pakistan Wrongly Accused of Murder After Trying to Stand Up for Human Rights
PAKISTAN – Veerji Kohli, a Hindu activist in Pakistan has been accused of murder after trying to stand up for Hindu rights in Islamabad Pakistan. Veerji is a well-known human rights activist who particulary focuses on the issues related to bonded labour. Recently, he helped to release a number of children, women and men from […]