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Human Rights/Free Speech/Media Sindhi community protests in Canada against forced conversion of minor Hindu girls in Pakistan
Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 08 Jul 2019, 04:07 pm Print
Toronto: Several people, which comprised mostly of Canadian Sindhis, who are Hindus, recently gathered at the Mississauga Celebration Square in Ontario in Canada near here and demanded Pakistan to stop forcefully converting minor Hindu girls in the country.
They also demanded justice for those forcibly converted to other religion in Pakistan.
A twitter page called The Sindhi Narrative tweeted: "Yesterday, Canadian Sindhi community staged a protest at the Mississauga Celebration Square against the alleged forced conversion of minor Hindu girls in #Sindh #Pakistan
@gabeeno @marvisirmed @TahaSSiddiqui @nidkirm @NatashaFatah @LateefJohar @a_siab @fispahani."
Yesterday, Canadian Sindhi community staged a protest at the Mississauga Celebration Square against the alleged forced conversion of minor Hindu girls in #Sindh #Pakistan@gabeeno @marvisirmed @TahaSSiddiqui @nidkirm @NatashaFatah @LateefJohar @a_siab @fispahani pic.twitter.com/Rd54eF149y
— THE SINDHI NARRATIVE (@TSNARRATIVES) July 8, 2019
This is the second protest in Canada in the past three months, reports said.
According to protesters, many Sindhi Hindu girls are being forcibly converted with instances of innocent girls being kidnapped and raped in Pakistan, reported Times Now.
The protesters were seen holding placards that read messages like "Stop forced conversion of minor Hindu girls in Pakistan," "Stop the persecution of religious minorities in Pakistan,"Pakistan stop kidnapping of Hindu girls, stop forced conversion of Hindu girls."
Image: The Sindhi Narrative Twitter page
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