Pakistan has yet to understand the “true meaning” of modern laws, democracy and human rights: India at the UN
Geneva:
Criticizing the “fabricated words” presented by Pakistan on Wednesday, India at the United Nations Human Rights Council stressed that its relentless efforts to slander India in all international forums will not change the situation. causes hundreds of journalists and human rights defenders to die. every year in Pakistan due to systematic killings, including extrajudicial.
Pawan Badhe, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of India to the UN, said: “No fabricated word against India will change the fact that Pakistan and the territories under its control are death traps for journalists. , human rights defenders, social activists and religious and ethnic minorities. “
Addressing the Vice President of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Mr. Badhe exercising India’s “right of reply” to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), said : “Pakistan’s enduring project to denigrate Pakistan against India in the United Nations system will also not change the fact that hundreds of journalists and human rights defenders die every year in Pakistan due to systematic killings, including including extrajudicial. “
“The relentless attempts to slander India in all international forums will not change the fact that tens of thousands of minorities will not stop fleeing Pakistan,” he added.
Referring to Pakistan’s sole objective of slandering India in international forums, Badhe said he was demonstrating his “own meaninglessness in accountability and justice to oppress those who defend their rights”.
“The pathetic plight of journalists and human rights defenders is well known when the Deep State could wipe out prominent journalists in broad daylight in the heart of Pakistan. One can only imagine the fate of these journalists and human rights defenders in the territories under his control, ”he said.
The First Secretary said the word silence was the appropriate word to refer to those who are victims of enforced disappearances, murders, detentions, deaths in custody and torture in Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and Pakistan in the parts of the Indian Union Territories of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh.
In his address to the UNHRC, Badhe said Pakistan had yet to understand the “true meaning” of modern laws, democracy and human rights.
“While the world has progressed well, Pakistan is still at a crossroads in understanding the real meaning of modern laws, democracy and human rights. The language of responsibility, civic space, fundamental freedoms and public participation has not yet found resonance with the authorities in Pakistan, ”he said.
In concluding, the First Secretary urged Pakistan not to laugh at the HRC.
“Pakistan should not laugh at this august forum when it tries to declare itself a strong supporter of political dissidents, journalists, social activists, minorities and human rights defenders. For this Pakistan has miles to go, ”he said.
