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Debate on separate status for scheduled castes of Hindu community

By HRDI May 16, 2023Latest News

HYDERABAD:Whether the scheduled caste in Hindu community be identified as a separate group within Hindu minority in Pakistan or should they be assimilated in the Hindu mainstream? Two groups of…

Pakistan: Content against minorities in textbooks has increased

By HRDI April 6, 2023Latest News

A Human Rights Observer 2023 fact sheet reveals that the religious content against minorities has increased in curriculum and textbooks during 2022 and a number of perennial and new challenges…

Minority rights protection in South Asia curtailed by minimal engagement with human rights mechanisms, report finds

By HRDI April 3, 2023Articles

Poor engagement by South Asian states with international human rights mechanisms is providing fertile ground for a wide range of rights violations against minorities and indigenous peoples, a new report by the South Asia…