Press Release
Pakistani Women Organize Prayer Demonstration outside the United Nations
16th March 2010, Geneva: European Organization of Pakistani Minorities an International Independent NGO working for the minority rights for Pakistani's organized a Peaceful prayer demonstration in front of the United Nations under the symbolic broken chair.
The prayer was organized with a presence of more than 100 women from different faiths who lit candles for the plight of Pakistani women, who have been killed, raped, and acid attacked by Pakistani Army. Their concerns was for the women of Baluchistan and Gilgit Baltistan where women were arrested by army officials and taken to torture camps where these women are raped and used as sex slaves, one such case is of Zarina Marri who is a 23 year school teacher from Quetta and is being used as a sex slave by Pakistani Army.
The organization urges the International Community to allow International Observer and Media to be freely allowed to visit Balochistan and Gilgit Baltistan and meet those families who family members are disappeared and no police case is being registered against them. The organization also pleads to the United Nations for organizing a Special Session on plight of Pakistani Women in the Human Rights Council.
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