United Nations in Pakistan strongly condemns attack on Ahmadi mosque in Chakwal

Islamabad, December 14, 2016 (PPI-OT):The United Nations Country Team in Pakistan is shocked at the brutality of a mob attack on an Ahmadi place of worship in Chakwal, and condemns the violence used and any expression of intolerance. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is emphatic: ‘Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion’. This attack, and any on a place of worship is against this principle and universal principles of common humanity,” said Mr. Neil Buhne, Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator, United Nations Pakistan.

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