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Italy :THE NEWSPAPER CORRIERE DELLA SERA (23 MARCH 2010)

 

 

·       Pakistan: Christian dies burned alive because they wanted to convert to Islam (March 23, 2010)

CHRISTIANS IN PAKISTAN - These instructions are particularly appropriate in the case of Pakistan where the bishops warn that "in some areas of Pakistan, Christians are treated like animals, in slavery or subjected to harassment, violence and forced conversions." The father John said yesterday Nadeem Shakir, Secretary of the Commission for Social Communications of the Episcopal Conference of Pakistan. An untenable situation, said the religious Fides, which urgently calls "international pressure" because the solution to the problem lies in the "real democratization of the country, which guarantees human rights for all." "The context in which this suffering is - said the priest - is a growing Islamisation, the spread of fundamentalist groups, a framework that enables and legitimizes discrimination and even persecution, a weak government, subject to blackmail by the extremists." 

Human rights, the foreign field 

Requested information to the diplomatic PAKISTAN ON CHRISTIAN IN PAKISTAN burned alive 
Alerted the embassy to establish the freedoms of thought and religion in various countries 

 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ROME - The Foreign Ministry has asked Chargé d'Affaires of Pakistan "as soon as possible to provide background information on the conduct of a serious incident and the measures that the authorities are undertaking to bring to justice those responsible," the dramatic case of religious intolerance for which he was burned alive a Christian who refused to abjure his faith. 

INSTRUCTIONS TO EMBASSIES - But this is not the only move of our diplomacy to counter the increasingly frequent cases of coarctation of religious freedom, particularly against Christians. On Tuesday, March 16, the Director General of Mae Stefano Ronca sent to all Italian embassies in the world clear instructions to ensure respect for human rights in countries of accreditation. The protection of the chance to express their faith and their thoughts and the protection of women, will be evaluated as a particularly important criterion for access to funding through the EIDHR, the EU's financial instrument for democracy and human rights . Ronca reminded our representatives abroad that "lately, just taking a cue from attacks against religious minorities - especially Christian ones - have registered in different parts of the world, Italy has raised on several occasions, the issue of defense of freedom 'of religion and protection of religious minorities in the EU. " 

DATABASES AND WEB - Following the agreements reached in the EU between November and February, Mae asked the embassies 1) to "promptly transmit" all about the human rights situation in the country of jurisdiction, 2) to take action because the other diplomatic missionsEU and in particular the Presidency of the EU representatives do the same, 3) to take steps to intervene in local authorities, public statements and the creation of various embassies in the website of a special banner 'dedicated to' Human Rights'. 

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ,GREATER RESPECT FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 

Justice and Human Rights, Brief 

Asma Jahangir , in Geneva, on freedom of religion. 

Pay more attention to signals precursors of discrimination and violence exercised in the name of religion to avoid escalating into conflicts, has asked the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion and belief, Asma Jahangir, in his speech to the Human Rights Council United Nations, meeting in plenary session in Geneva. Among those signals precursors, the Jahangir includes laws that openly discriminate against citizens on the basis of their religious affiliation, stereotypes against certain groups, attacks on places of worship and widespread impunity for perpetrators of violations and crimes related to the sphere of faith. The Rapporteur also stated that promote freedom of religion means not only authorize the practice of worship but also protect individuals from abuses that may undergo in the name of religion. On recent events in Jos, Nigeria, the Jahangir regretted "intercommunal violence that applicants demonstrate once again the importance of taking account of precursor signals - he insisted - and resolve the root causes of tensions religioei, which are easily manipulated from politics. " Finally, regarding the latest controversy on minarets in Switzerland and Libya, the UN rapporteur has branded as "unfortunate that companies with high levels of wealth and education have openly expressed their aversion to religious symbols in public places"

 

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