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Shireen Mazari tells EU delegation about ‘human rights violations of Muslims’
Pakistan’s minister for human rights Shireen Mazari Tuesday told a European Union delegation, led by EU Ambassador to Pakistan Jean-Francois Cautian, that some European states have impinged on the basic rights of Muslims by restricting their right to freely practice religious rituals, reported Daily Pakistan.
Human rights activist Kashif N. Chaudhary Tuesday mocked the meeting in a tweet saying the EU ‘kept a straight face’ when briefed by Mazari. He highlighted that the minority Muslims in EU enjoyed ‘more rights and freedoms’ than ‘Constitutional Muslims’ in Pakistan.
I am glad the @EUCouncil delegation kept a straight face and resisted the urge to roll all over @ShireenMazari1's floor laughing. Kudos to them.
Muslims in Europe enjoy more rights & freedoms as a religious minority than 'Constitutional Muslims' of Pakistan enjoy as majority.
Naila Inayat, a journalist, also tweeted the hypocrisy in Mazari’s statements claiming she had no concerns over the human rights violations in her own country.
During the meeting, Mazari pushed for prompt action in this direction and asked the international community to not just put an end to the violations but also uphold their basic human rights as per the guidelines in the Human Rights European Convention.
Officials from the EU delegation included Human Rights Counselor Javeria Kabani, Political Councilor Frank-Olivier Roux, among others who attended the meeting along with a few Pakistan’s human rights ministry officials.
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