Hazaras: Persecution Denounced in the Italian Parliament
The Shiite minority is discriminated both in Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is time for governments that send humanitarian help to ask that it reaches the Hazaras as well.
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Hazaras in Pakistan. 5. Two New Enemies: ISIS and COVID, 2016–2022
From 2016, ISIS replaced Lashkar-e-Jhangvi as the deadliest anti-Hazara terrorist group. In 2020, Hazaras were accused of spreading COVID as the “Shi’a virus.”
Hazaras in Pakistan. 4. The Third Wave of Anti-Hazara Terrorist Attacks, 2010–2015
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi terrorists Usman Saifullah Kurd and Dawood Badini waged a war of extermination against the Hazaras of Balochistan.
Hazaras in Pakistan. 3. The Deadly Attacks of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ)
Founded in 1996, LeJ emerged as the most radical anti-Shi’a groups, and the only one able to launch a terrorism campaign against the Hazaras in Balochistan.
Hazaras in Pakistan. 2. The Rise of Anti-Shiite Extremism
From the late 1970s, sectarian violence targeted Pakistani Shiites, due to both domestic and international factors.
Hazaras in Pakistan. 1. Fleeing Afghanistan
The Afghani Hazaras are Shiite, and were repeatedly persecuted by Sunni extremists, leading to four waves of refugees who went to Pakistan.
Hazara Shia Minority Protests on Anniversaries of Killings in Pakistan
One year ago, 11 Hazara miners were slaughtered. In January 2013, 100 were killed in bomb attacks.
Hazaras Killed in Both Afghanistan and Pakistan Amid International Protests
Members of these Shia minority have been victims of a genocide for more than one century.
