UN Meeting: US, UK & Canada Slam Pakistan, China For Minority Discrimination

United Nation met on safety of religious minorities’ on August 23 and slammed China and Pakistan for discrimination against religious minorities. US Envoy for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback said, “In Pakistan, religious minorities continue to suffer from prosecution either at hands of non-state elements or through discriminatory laws and practices. We remain deeply concerned about the Chinese government escalating widespread and undue restrictions on religious freedom in China. We urge the Chinese government to respect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of everyone in that nation.”

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