With Geneva installations, exiled activists expose Pak’s terror links

As the 43rd session of United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) gotunderway in Geneva, installations depicting Pakistani government’s atrocities against minorities and crimes against humanity came up across the city.
One of the installations at the iconic Broken Chair sculpture depicts a jail scenario to highlight the atrocities faced by women and children in Pakistan. The installation shows Pakistan Army General Qamar Bajwa, Prime Minister Imran Khanand Director General of ISI Faiz Hameed in front of a jail with women and children behind bars.Along with installations, posters stating ‘Pakistan Army Stop Supporting Terrorism’ have also cropped up across the city.
Banners and boards were put up in protest against arrest of human rights activists
These protest activities have been planned by Baloch, Sindh, Pashtun, Ahmadiya and Muhajir human rights activists in exile. These activists say Pakistan has been openly supporting terrorism and terrorists both within and outside the country. Another set of hoarding highlighting the plight of Pashtuns in FATA, a tribal region that was merged with Khyber Pakhtunwa province have also come across the city.
Baloch, Sindh, Pashtun, Ahmadiya, human rights activists in exile planned protests
These banners and boards were put in protest against the arrest of human rights activist and leader of Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement, Manzoor Pashteen. He was tried for sedition, criminal conspiracy, attacking Pakistan’s sovereignty, and promoting ethnic hatred by Pakistani government. Activists who have also planned a photo exhibition to urge the UN to urge the UN to take action to stop the human rights abuse of the innocent Pashtuns. They added that activists who have stood up against these atrocities have been silenced.
The session will go on till March 20 and will aim to assess member nations’ progress towards human rights goals. This year’s high level panel discussion is themed ‘Thirty years of implementation of the convention on the rights of the child: challenges and opportunities.’ There have been various symbolic protests lined up to urge the UN to take stringent action against the Pakistan Army and the government in their inability to protect basic human rights of minorities, activists, women and children from the extremist, militant, criminal and conservative sections in the country.