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The curse of forced conversions in Pakistan
Rights activists decry failure to take action by police and judiciary as cases continue to rise
Arti Kumari is the latest victim of forced conversion in Sindh province. (Photo supplied)
Arti Kumari was abducted while going to a beauty parlor in Pakistan s southern city of Larkana. On April 9, she appeared in a Karachi court with her Muslim husband.
Her Hindu parents were barred from meeting the 22-year-old convert. “We are the indigenous people of this land. We demand to meet our daughter. Give her back. Our daughters are being kidnapped. We want justice. Save her,” said her father. Their video has garnered more than 95,000 views.
Call to prevent violence against women, children
Lahore
April 11, 2021
Lahore: A Zoom consultation meeting was organised under the aegis of Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) to call attention to the threatening issue of growing expression of violence against children and women.
The meeting was attended by human rights activists, researchers and media personnel virtually.
In the opening remarks, Peter Jacob, the executive director of CSJ, stated that violent behaviour particularly against the weaker sections of society was growing and there was a pattern in it. Various expressions of violence instil a sense of insecurity on one hand and multiply lawlessness on the other.