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Pak Hindu Woman Killed, Skin Reportedly Peeled Off; India Responds- There is outrage in Pakistan’s Sindh after a Hindu woman Daya Bheel was brutally killed.

By HRDI December 30, 2022Latest News

There is outrage in Pakistan's Sindh after a Hindu woman Daya Bheel was brutally killed. Human rights activists have raised growing concerns for the safety of minorities in Pakistan. New…

HUMAN RIGHTS: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION

By HRDI December 5, 2022Articles

“All should live together in harmony, supporting one another, like the spokes of the wheel”. — Atharva Veda “There are things we never want to let go. But keep in…

India and The Challenge of Statelessness- A Review of The legal Framework related to Nationality

By HRDI India November 19, 2022Hindu Refugees from Afghanistan, Hindu Refugees from Bangladesh, Hindu Refugees from Bhutan, Hindu Refugees from Pakistan, Hindu Refugees from Sri Lanka, Latest News, Rights of Refugees & Stateless People, Rights of Stateless People

India and the Challenge of Stateless-A Review of the Legal Framework relating to Nationality

Religious Minorities in Pakistan

By HRDI India September 17, 2022Pakistan, Rights of Minorities

Politics of pluralism Pakistan is an immensely plural country characterized by religious, sectarian and ethno-linguistic diversities. It is an overwhelmingly Muslim community with more than 90 per cent of its…

Hindus in Pakistan A survey of Human Rights, 2020

By HRDI India September 17, 2022Pakistan, Rights of Minorities

Human rights and religious freedom conditions continued to deteriorate at an unprecedented rate in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan during 2019 - 2020. Pakistan’s widespread violation of human rights and…

Forced Conversions & Forced Marriages In Sindh, Pakistan

By HRDI India September 16, 2022Pakistan, Rights of Minorities

Executive Summary It has been estimated that 1000 women and girls from religious minorities are abducted, forcibly converted and then married off to their abductors every year (ref The Aurat…

Alleged kidnapped Hindu girls return to husbands after alleged death threats

By HRDI Admin April 20, 2012Latest News, Pakistan

April 19, 2012 : Rinkle Kumari, and two other Hindu girls, Lata and Asha, have decided to return to their husbands, after Pakistan's Supreme Court allowed them to make the…

Indians Express Concern over Pakistani Rights Violation

By HRDI Admin April 19, 2012Latest News, Pakistan

A Hindu American Foundation delegation has conveyed its interests against the supposed civil rights violation of the Hindu Sindhi community’s minority in Pakistan. The HAF is a group of Hindu-Americans…

Minority MPs to protest rights violations in parliament

By HRDI Admin April 19, 2012Latest News, Pakistan

ISLAMABAD / PESHAWAR: Lawmakers representing minorities have decided to take a firm stance and lodge a protest in parliament against what they say is the government’s lax attitude towards protecting…

The Hindu Human Rights Report

By HRDI Admin April 18, 2012Documents, Pakistan

The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) recently released its eighth annual Hindu human rights report amidst increased concern over the worsening plight of Hindus in Pakistan. According to the Foundation, Hindu…