Chacha Gokal Das, A 90 year-old senior living in the Sindh region of Pakistan was severely beaten on Friday by police officials for eating rice outside his home at 6.30 pm, which was 40 minutes before Muslims were supposed to break their fast (known as Iftar) during Ramadan. Ramadan is a major Muslim religious celebration […]
HAF Letter to Pakistan Embassy Asks for Restoration of Demolished Temple
(CHAKRA) In the wake of Pakistan’s recent election to the United Nations Human Rights Council, the international body tasked with the “promotion and protection of all human rights around the globe,” a century-old Hindu temple was destroyed in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi. The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) formally wrote to the Pakistani […]
No Help From Judge and Police After Hindu Girl Missing and Forced to Convert to Islam
Rekha, also known as Pubi is 14 years of age and was working at a factory for the manufacturing of bottles for beverages at Gadap Karachi, Sindh province in Pakistan. She was abducted by a driver, in the official vehicle of the factory at 5.30 PM when she was going back to her home with […]
More Hindu Girls in Pakistan Lured into Forced Muslim Marriages and Conversions
“Alinah Khan”, a sixteen-year-old girl, now living in the town of Rahim Yar Khan in Punjab is still adapting to her mother calling her by her new name. Before marriage she was known as Radha and still calls herself that when outside of her home the rare few times when she is allowed to go […]
Another Hindu Trader Abducted in Pakistan
Pakistan (CHAKRA) – A Hindu Trader, on his way home from his shop in a Mastung Bazaar, near the provincial capital, was stopped at gunpoint and taken away by a group of men. In similar cases, Hindu workers are kidnapped by Muslim extremist groups and held for ransom or forced into conversion. The man, Vijay […]
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 […]
Two Hindu Businessmen Abducted in Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan (CHAKRA) – In the province of Balochistan in Southwest Pakistan, two unidentified men abducted two Hindu businessmen, officials in Balochistan said. Darshan Lal and Kanhaiya Lal were taken away in Bhaktiarabad area in the Kachi district. The businessmen were taken away to an unknown location after the armed men took them out of […]