The United Nations (UN) has condemned the killing of Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur and called for respect of all religions to ensure different communities live in peace and harmony.
This reaction came from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres who urged full respect of all religions, his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said late on Wednesday.
Dujarric said this in response to a question on whether the UN chief has a comment on the resurgence of religious tensions in India following the killing of Kanhaiya Lal.
“We very much hope... we call for the full respect of all religions and for ensuring, throughout the world, that different communities can live in harmony and in peace,” Dujarric said at the daily press briefing.
In response to another question on the arrest of Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair, he said, “We believe in a fundamental right of expression. We believe in the fundamental right of journalists to express, themselves and we also believe in the fundamental need for people to respect other communities and other religions. We believe those two sentiments are very much compatible.”