Author: PTI
Publication: The Times of India
Date: February 1, 2007
URL: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/US_body_flays_Centre_for_ignoring_JK/articleshow/1551365.cms
A US-based Hindu rights group has accused
successive Indian governments of paying scant attention to the Hindu minority
in Jammu and Kashmir where they are suffering "grievous violation"
of human rights.
The discrimination suffered by Hindus go unnoticed
as they, unlike Christians and Muslims, lack organizations to focus on the
difficulties and humiliations faced by them, the president of the Hindu American
Foundation, Mihir Meghani, said at a fundraiser organised by the group here.
"The media in India and abroad have taken
the cue from this fateful silence over violations of human rights of Kashmiri
Hindus by largely ignoring them. The world human rights organisations have
also been muted in their response to the tragedy that has overtaken Kashmiri
Hindus," the foundation said.
The organisation also announced plans to organise
a series of fundraisers to collect one million dollars to agitate for the
causes of Hindus worldwide.
A report which said that Hindus suffered high
level of discrimination in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Fiji and several
other Islamic nations was also circulated. The report gave country-wise instances
of discrimination and hate-crimes and damage suffered by their religions places.
