India has accused Pakistan of spreading a "culture of
violence" and suppressing the rights of minorities while Islamabad brings
up the Ayodhya temple construction at the General Assembly.
India has accused Pakistan of spreading a "culture of violence" and suppressing the rights of minorities while Islamabad brings up the Ayodhya temple construction at the General Assembly.
"Talk of 'culture of peace' from the delegation of Pakistan
is nothing but a decoy to divert attention from their own shameful
records" on the treatment of minorities "continues to foment a
'culture of violence' at home and across its borders", Paulomi Tripathi, a
counsellor at India's UN Mission said on Thursday.
"Before
making absurd allegations against India, where equal rights of people of all
faiths are guaranteed by the constitution, the delegation of Pakistan must do
itself a favour of looking at their own system and records of protecting
minorities," she said in response to Pakistan's Permanent Representative
Munir Akram's remarks about Ayodhya and Kashmir.
She accused Akram
of exploiting the Assembly's High-Level Forum on the Culture of Peace as a
"platform for hate speech against India".
She said that
"Pakistan's deplorable human rights records and discriminatory treatment
of religious and ethnic minorities is a cause of persistent concern for
international community", and listed Islamabad's main transgressions.
"Blasphemy
laws are used against religious minorities such as Hindus, Christians and
Sikhs, to violate their human rights and dignity. Women and girls remain
particularly vulnerable as they are abducted, raped, forcefully converted and
married to their violators. The pandemic has aggravated the situation."
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