- GENEVA: European Organization for Pakistani Minorities (EOPM) have launched a 3-week long hunger strike with a poster campaign outside the United Nations in Geneva.
The campaign coincides with the 15th Session of the Human Rights Council which opened on Sept. 13 and will last until Oct. 1. The campaign will continue till the end of the session.
EOPM’s mission is to focus on atrocities committed against minorities in Pakistan, such as Christians, Sikhs, Hindus and other communities.
It says the last few months have witnessed unprecedented violence against minorities including attacks on places of their worship. EOPM condemns these attacks and calls upon the government of Pakistan and the international community to stop the violence against the innocent people.
Rev. Saloman Masah and Rev. Tahir Yaqub, both from Pakistan, began a sit-in on Monday specially to highlight the plight of Christians.
