[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 125 (Wednesday, July 25, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H7672]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN PAKISTAN

  (Mr. SCHIFF asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I rise to call the House's attention to 
ongoing human rights abuses in Pakistan, particularly in the province 
of Sindh. For years, political activists and religious minorities in 
Sindh have faced daily threats of forced conversion, disappearances by 
security forces, and murder.
  Hundreds of Sindhis remain unaccounted for and others have been held 
away from their families for months or years to create a climate of 
fear and repression. There is also a disturbingly high incidence of 
terrorist violence against religious minorities, which Pakistani 
security forces have been unable or unwilling to prevent.
  I call upon the administration to prioritize these issues with 
Pakistan, which is conducting their national election today. The 
assault on religious and ethnic minorities in Pakistan must end, and 
the hundreds of people who have been detained indefinitely must be 
released.

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