The International Human Rights Committee (IHRC) has expressed concern, about the increasing violence and intimidation against the Ahmadiyya community, in Pakistan. In a statement released by the IHRC mentioned that extremist groups armed with weapons are specifically targeting Ahmadis for what they have termed as “Operation Neat and Clean Pakistan.”
The Ahmadiyya Muslim community, in Bangladesh has been targeted by a series of attacks and persecution recently with violent mobs attacking their places of worship and residences.
These incidents took place in July following the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. In Panchagarh town a group of attackers vandalized an Ahmadiyya mosque causing damage to property and breaking windows. Similar assaults were reported in parts of the country including the capital city Dhaka.
The Coordination of Associations and Individuals for Freedom of Conscience (CAP LC) has issued an urgent appeal to the German government during the 55th session of the Human Rights Council, urging an immediate halt to the deportation of Ahmadi asylum seekers to Pakistan. This call for action was made following the review of Germany’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) outcome on 22 March 2024.
According to our sources and media reports, Ahmadiyya Muslims are once again deprived of their voting rights, at all levels, as Pakistan prepares for nationwide parliamentary elections in February 2024.
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has suffered long-standing persecution in Pakistan, where the very identity of an Ahmadi Muslim, existential by definition, has been denied. The community is persecuted and discriminated by law and by religious ideology. The fundamental right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion or belief as well as other human rights of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community have been seriously violated.
