Udaipur killing: Guterres calls for respecting all religions

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United
Nations,
Jun
30:
UN
Secretary-General
Antonio
Guterres
calls
for
the
full
respect
of
all
religions
and
for
ensuring
that
different
communities
can
live
in
harmony
and
peace
globally,
his
spokesperson
Stephane
Dujarric
has
said
amidst
communal
tensions
in
Rajasthan
after
the
killing
of
a
tailor
in
Udaipur.

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.

Two
men,
identified
as
Riaz
Akhtari
and
Ghouse
Mohammad,
with
a
cleaver
hacked
Lal
to
death
in
Udaipur
city
and
posted
videos
online
that
said
they
are
avenging
an
insult
to
Islam,
triggering
stray
cases
of
violence
in
the
Rajasthan
city,
a
part
of
which
was
placed
under
curfew.

“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
here
on
Wednesday.

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.
And
we
don’t
believe
the
two
are…
we
believe
those
two
sentiments
are
very
much
compatible”.

Zubair
was
arrested
by
the
Delhi
Police
on
Monday
over
an
“objectionable
tweet”
he
had
posted
in
2018
against
a
Hindu
deity.