Protesters stage protest outside UN office in London to seek justice for Mahek Kumari
Feb 25, 2020
London (UK), Feb 25 (ANI): People from Indian diaspora gathered outside UN office in Holborn, London to register their protests against the injustice done to a Hindu minor Mahek Kumari. A petition was delivered to the UN. Mahek Kumari, a minor Hindu girl, was forcibly converted and married to a Muslim man in Pakistan's Sindh province. The protesters called Pakistan as abuser of human rights and demanded justice for Mahek Kumari. Mahek was abducted by a Middle aged man, Ali Raza, from the Jacobabad district of Sindh province on January 15. The girl said she was forced to accept Islam causing a widespread furore among the Islamic fanatics. Some Pakistani clerics want the minor girl dead after she retracted her previous statement in the court, where she said that she had accepted Islam of her own free will. The clerics blamed 14-year old Mahek of murtad, or an act of Apostasy, and are demanding death punishment, accusing her of insulting Islam. Meanwhile, the court which is yet to announce the verdict has send Mahek Kumari to a local Dar-ul-Aman in Larkana district of Sindh for eleven days. Abduction and forceful conversion of Hindu and Christian girls is widespread in Pakistan. Such incidents have sparked widespread criticism as many victim families are forced the migrate in foreign countries, including India. In 1947, non Muslims comprised 23 percent of Pakistan's population and that by 2011 reduced by 3.7 percent.
