U.S. designates Pakistan and China as countries of particular concern for religious freedom violation

[beijingwalker]

U.S. designates Pakistan and China as countries of particular concern for religious freedom violation
PTI
WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER 18, 2021 10:45 IST

Mr. Blinken also announced to place Algeria, Comoros, Cuba, and Nicaragua on a Special Watch List.


The United States on Wednesday designated several nations, including Pakistan, China, Iran, North Korea and Myanmar, as countries of particular concern for violation of religious freedom.

"I am designating Burma (Myanmar), the People’s Republic of China, Eritrea, Iran, the DPRK, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan as Countries of Particular Concern for having engaged in or tolerated systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom," U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.

Mr. Blinken also announced to place Algeria, Comoros, Cuba, and Nicaragua on a Special Watch List for governments that have engaged in or tolerated “severe violations of religious freedom.” The U.S. also designated al-Shabaab, Boko Haram, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Houthis, ISIS, ISIS-Greater Sahara, ISIS-West Africa, Jamaat Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin and the Taliban as ‘Entities of Particular Concern’.

Asserting that the United States will not waiver in its commitment to advocate for freedom of religion or belief for all and in every country, Mr. Blinken said the challenges to religious freedom in the world today are structural, systemic, and deeply entrenched.


"They exist in every country. They demand sustained global commitment from all who are unwilling to accept hatred, intolerance, and persecution as the status quo. They require the international community’s urgent attention,” he said.


The United States, he said, will continue to press all governments to remedy the shortcomings in their laws and practices, and to promote accountability for those responsible for abuses.

"The United States remains committed to working with governments, civil society organisations, and members of religious communities to advance religious freedom around the world and address the plight of individuals and communities facing abuse, harassment, and discrimination on account of what they believe, or what they do not believe,” Mr. Blinken said.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/us-designates-pakistan-and-china-as-countries-of-particular-concern-for-religious-freedom-violation/article37553661.ece

 

[Maula Jatt]

Aww... Cute!
What about India?, last I checked It's all good there right?

 

[KampfAlwin]

Aww... Cute!
What about India?, last I checked It's all good there right?

Kinda scary how no country and anyone is saying much about Kashmir other than Pakistan...

 

[beijingwalker]

No India? no Israel? US buddies and lackeys must be all nice and fine in everything, lol

 

[Maula Jatt]

Kinda scary how no country and anyone is saying much about Kashmir other than Pakistan...

Including China, and India did aggressive campaigning for Uyghurs
yep despite the grave human rights abuses no one cares

I feel it's a diplomatic failure, good Indian dimplomacy and mostly the western camp with India

 

[Stranagor]

Guantanamo Bay Prison and numerous other secret prisons and torture chambers operated by the US are said to have facilities for pious people such as stripping and waterboarding.

 

[crankthatskunk]

In a country where you can be killed for eating a beaf burger or transporting meat. That is religiously harmonious country. USA

 

[Chhatrapati]

Aww... Cute!
What about India?, last I checked It's all good there right?

What about it? You're free to practice your religion here and adherents is treated equal before law.

No India?

Why should there be? Are you going to deny China bans or try to meddle in the affairs of organized religions? You appointed religious leaders to head religious organization with political connection, you make mandatory rules and codes for specific religions. All these are not happening in India. Or neither in Israel afaik.

 

[Dungeness]

US should stop passing judgement on other countries, as it is eating into its credibility capital.

 

[Maira La]

This is why I tell Pakistanis not to believe the fabricated stories about Uighurs and Xinjiang.
The media is designed as propaganda tool. The truth is not important if it does not serve their interest. Millions of Indian Muslims and Kashmiris are under severe persecution as I write this, there is active genocide going on in parts of India, there are concentration camps for Muslims in Assam, but there is absolutely no mention of any of these in these US reports. Instead they want the world to focus on non-existent issues in Xinjiang and Balochistan because destabilizing China and Pakistan gets priority.

 

[newb3e]

lols USA!

rassi jal gaye lakin baal nai gaye! fits usa!

 

[Globenim]

The religious freedom to be airstriked by some U.S. terrorists because the genocidal U.S. terror regime is trying to safe face over losing some regime loyal militants in a U.S. occupied country.

 

[khansaheeb]

U.S. designates Pakistan and China as countries of particular concern for religious freedom violation
PTI
WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER 18, 2021 10:45 IST

Mr. Blinken also announced to place Algeria, Comoros, Cuba, and Nicaragua on a Special Watch List.


The United States on Wednesday designated several nations, including Pakistan, China, Iran, North Korea and Myanmar, as countries of particular concern for violation of religious freedom.

"I am designating Burma (Myanmar), the People’s Republic of China, Eritrea, Iran, the DPRK, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan as Countries of Particular Concern for having engaged in or tolerated systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom," U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.

Mr. Blinken also announced to place Algeria, Comoros, Cuba, and Nicaragua on a Special Watch List for governments that have engaged in or tolerated “severe violations of religious freedom.” The U.S. also designated al-Shabaab, Boko Haram, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Houthis, ISIS, ISIS-Greater Sahara, ISIS-West Africa, Jamaat Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin and the Taliban as ‘Entities of Particular Concern’.

Asserting that the United States will not waiver in its commitment to advocate for freedom of religion or belief for all and in every country, Mr. Blinken said the challenges to religious freedom in the world today are structural, systemic, and deeply entrenched.


"They exist in every country. They demand sustained global commitment from all who are unwilling to accept hatred, intolerance, and persecution as the status quo. They require the international community’s urgent attention,” he said.


The United States, he said, will continue to press all governments to remedy the shortcomings in their laws and practices, and to promote accountability for those responsible for abuses.

"The United States remains committed to working with governments, civil society organisations, and members of religious communities to advance religious freedom around the world and address the plight of individuals and communities facing abuse, harassment, and discrimination on account of what they believe, or what they do not believe,” Mr. Blinken said.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/us-designates-pakistan-and-china-as-countries-of-particular-concern-for-religious-freedom-violation/article37553661.ece

Either he is wearing Blinkers or he is Blinking mad:-
India is at level 10 on the Genocide scale the last stage before full scale genocide takes place. The Hindu establishment is fully primed , the Hindu masses are being pumped with racism and extremism , full blown apartheid has been structured, Hitler's ideals have been adopted and adapted, the Hindus are being armed Huti style and the world looking the other way. By making India stronger they are supporting genocide and the outcome will be a disaster for humanity.

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Islamophobia is no longer a fringe sentiment in India. It has become a state-manufactured ideology. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has made Islamophobia central to its program for harassing India's 192 million Muslims and depriving them of their rights as Indian citizens. Dalits, placed at the bottom of India’s caste hierarchy, have also increasingly come under attack.




Modi rose to power by inciting Hindus with his time-tested politics of communal polarization. Beginning in 2014, Modi spent his first term as Prime Minister dehumanizing Muslims by passing laws preventing cow slaughter, restricting Muslim immigration, and purportedly countering Islamist terrorism. Modi's second term, beginning in 2019, has seen more brazen attempts by the BJP to turn India into a “Hindu Rashtra.”




Modi revoked the "Special Autonomous Status of India Administered Jammu and Kashmir" under Articles 370 and 35A of the Constitution of India. In the predominantly Muslim state of Kashmir, India has positioned over 600,000 troops, who are arresting, torturing, raping, and killing Kashmiri citizens. Police arrests and forced disappearances are routine. Movement of people and freedom of the press are restricted. The government cuts off internet communications in Kashmir to stop news of atrocities from spreading.




The Citizenship Amendment Bill seeks to grant preference in acquiring citizenship based on religion. This act is coupled with a nationwide verification process to identify “illegal migrants” who have come to India since 1971. It is aimed at expulsion of millions of Muslim immigrants who fled to India during the Bangladesh civil war. It also threatens rights of millions of other Indian Muslims who have no papers to prove citizenship.




This discriminatory law was met with protests to which the government responded with brute force—arresting, beating, and killing protestors. Police officers and vigilante Hindu mobs led by RSS thugs attacked Muslims in North East Delhi, killing more than 30 Muslims. Rather than punish the perpetrators, the police have filed cases against the victims, naming Muslim students and activists as inciters of the violence.




The latest legislative action against Muslims are the so-called anti-conversion laws. The laws are aimed at the mythical “Love Jihad,” an Islamophobic conspiracy theory claiming that Muslim men lure Hindu women into love relationships and then convince them to convert to Islam. Interfaith couples live in fear of censure from their families and Hindu nationalist groups. Now they can be arrested and tried in India's courts.




Dalits face harassment and physical torture at the hands of upper castes. Dalit men and women are beaten up and killed for innocuous actions such as sporting moustaches, hiring out wedding celebrations, and sitting on chairs. Police often refuse to file cases against perpetrators from upper castes.




Genocide Watch recognizes the BJP government's state-sponsored attack on the Muslim and Dalit community as Stage 6: Polarization, Stage 7: Preparation, and Stage 8: Persecution. Modi’s statements at Aligarh Muslim University perversely claiming that his new laws are intended to "uplift the Muslim community" demonstrate Stage 10: Denial.




Genocide Watch recommends:


· The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues should investigate India's discrimination against Muslims and report to the U.N. Human Rights Council.


· The Indian Supreme Court should appoint an Independent Commission to investigate the anti-Muslim pogroms of 2020.


· Indian Army and police who committed crimes in Kashmir should be prosecuted.


· Prime Minister Modi should order BJP leaders to stop stoking communal violence.


· International universities should stand in solidarity with Indian academic institutions.




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[CatSultan]

5/9 countries are Muslim and US claims its not racist.

 

[zartosht]

The entity known as "Israel"

imports eastern europeans zionists who may or may not have a single jewish great grandma. Kicks out the locals and puts that settler into their place with the open argument of "if i dont steal it, someone else will"

Declares itself a "jewish state" where all non-jews are not permitted entry, and local non-jews are systematically genocided/ethnically cleansed from the land to make more room for eastern european zionist "jewish" settlers...

This is all ok... its in the name of human rights, democracy, and something something holocaust right??? no religous discrimination here, nothing to look at, move along and leave this beacon of light, hope, democracy. and beauty alone..

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