In Pakistan, Shia Muslims are prevented from practicing their religion.
They are imprisoned, penalized and persecuted because of their religious beliefs.
In Iraq and Syria, the situation is more regrettable. For years, different minorities
such as the Yezidis, Turkmen, Sunni Muslims, the Shia, Christens, and Kurds used to
live in peace in the region. However, lack of attention to the six mentioned risk
factors that contribute to outbreak of violence along with negative interventions of
some countries and some opportunist non State actors have brought about the
heinous consequences we are witnessing.
Considering paragraph 12 of the Draft recommendations which reiterates on the
necessity of protection of minority rights by the States, Our Organization calls on all
States to comply with international standards of minority rights protection and
benefit from the experiences and best practices performed by the vulnerable
countries which have managed to prevent atrocity crimes.
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