JournalismPakistan.com | Published March 12, 2019
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PARIS - Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi has warned about “warmongering” by Indian journalists during the latest confrontation with Pakistan.
The Indian activist, who won the Nobel in 2014 with Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai, has organized a joint statement signed by 71 other laureates calling for nuclear-armed India and Pakistan to defuse tensions after skirmishes at their border.
Discussing the crisis, Satyarthi expressed relief that the worst confrontation between the countries since they went to war in 1999 had “calmed down,” but he warned about the dangers of ultra-nationalism.
“Many people, not only ordinary people who are patriots and nationalists, but also the media suddenly crossed that line and started demanding fully fledged war,” Satyarthi told AFP in an interview in Paris.
“Sometimes they enjoy these kind of situations. It is very unfortunate,” he added.
“Luckily, there are well-meaning people in journalism and politics who are working hard to de-escalate it, but there are a large number of people who crossed the line from patriotism to war-mongering.”
Satyarthi on Monday urged European governments to protect the children of their citizens who went to live under the Islamic State group, days after the death of a baby born to a British teenager in a Syrian refugee camp.
An attack on a convoy of Indian paramilitaries on February 14 provoked air strikes from New Delhi on Pakistani territory.
Pakistan responded by shooting down an Indian warplane and capturing the pilot, whose return two days later pulled the nuclear-armed rivals back from the brink. - AFP
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