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Priyanka Chopra Jones speaks her mind about the dispute between India and Pakistan. |
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Actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas is embroiled in a controversy after statements she made concerning the current dispute between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir region, long a hotspot of contention between the two countries.
The Bollywood actress is currently under fire, as Pakistan just launched an official complaint with the United Nations to remove her as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, according to Al Jazeera.
The move comes in response to Chopra Jonas’s supposed endorsement of the Indian national government’s lockdown and revocation of autonomy in Indian-administered Kashmir.
Earlier this month, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced it would strip autonomy from the state of Jammu and Kashmir -- its part of the Himalayan region. India imposed curfews and a communication blackout.
Chopra Jonas can be seen in the following video from earlier this month responding to someone who confronted her about a February tweet in which she allegedly encouraged war against Pakistan:
“Her jingoism and support for violations by the Modi government of international conventions and UN Security Council resolutions on Kashmir, as well as support for war, including a nuclear war, undermines the credibility of the UN position to which she been elevated,” Pakistan’s human rights minister Shireen Mazari said in a letter to UNICEF. “Unless she is removed immediately, the very idea of a UN goodwill ambassador for peace becomes a mockery globally.”
Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday (Aug. 22): "When UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors speak in their personal capacity, they retain the right to speak about issues that interest or concern them."
The Indian-born actress' Twitter account is currently quiet on the matter.
The Bollywood actress is currently under fire, as Pakistan just launched an official complaint with the United Nations to remove her as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, according to Al Jazeera.
The move comes in response to Chopra Jonas’s supposed endorsement of the Indian national government’s lockdown and revocation of autonomy in Indian-administered Kashmir.
Chopra Jonas can be seen in the following video from earlier this month responding to someone who confronted her about a February tweet in which she allegedly encouraged war against Pakistan:
“Her jingoism and support for violations by the Modi government of international conventions and UN Security Council resolutions on Kashmir, as well as support for war, including a nuclear war, undermines the credibility of the UN position to which she been elevated,” Pakistan’s human rights minister Shireen Mazari said in a letter to UNICEF. “Unless she is removed immediately, the very idea of a UN goodwill ambassador for peace becomes a mockery globally.”
Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday (Aug. 22): "When UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors speak in their personal capacity, they retain the right to speak about issues that interest or concern them."
The Indian-born actress' Twitter account is currently quiet on the matter.
Chopra Jonas will be starring in We Can Be Heroes, a new Netflix film about a team of superhero children who have to save the world after aliens abduct their hero parents, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Fresh Off The Boat’s Dylan Henry Lau and The Fast and the Furious actor Sung Kang have also been announced as part of the We Can Be Heroes cast, reports Deadline.Robert Rodriguez (Sin City, Spy Kids, and Alita: Battle Angel) will be writing, directing, and producing the movie.
Fresh Off The Boat’s Dylan Henry Lau and The Fast and the Furious actor Sung Kang have also been announced as part of the We Can Be Heroes cast, reports Deadline.Robert Rodriguez (Sin City, Spy Kids, and Alita: Battle Angel) will be writing, directing, and producing the movie.
Chopra Jonas is the second actress who has drawn the wrath of fans in recent weeks for making controversial statements about political situations in Asia.
Chinese and Asian American supporters of the pro-Democracy protests in Hong Kong called for a boycott the upcoming live-action Mulan movie when its star Crystal Yifei Liu used social media to express her support for the Hong Kong police.
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