Rabia Mahmood, Pakistani Journalist and Human Rights Defender speaks to Teesta Setalvad in Communalism Combat-Hillele TV’s exclusive interview:
“Minorities in Pakistan are excruciatingly persecuted. They are extremely oppressed, marginalsied and face a serious security threat,” Rabia Mahmood
“It looks like they have nowhere to go; as if they have no one in their bag, at least not anyone in positions of power,” Rabia Mahmood
“There are activists, grassroot level minority community worker, human rights lawyers and even some minority representatives in the Provincial and National Assembly who raise questions, but they are not empowered”, Rabia Mahmood
“Oppression is institutionalised. It is Constitutional, in Pakistan, Rabia Mahmood