Sunday, September 24, 2017

Pakistani Envoy Maleeha Lodhi Caught Lying at UN, Tries to Pass Off Gaza Woman as 'Kashmiri Victim'

The woman in the photo is Rawya abu Jom’a, who was injured in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City in 2014. The photo of a then 17-year-old Rawya was taken in 2014 by award-winning photojournalist Heidi Levine.

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By CNN-News18 | September 24, 2017

Pakistan on Sunday brandished the photo of a woman with facial injuries at the United Nations General Assembly on Sunday. The country’s Permanent Representative to the UN Maleeha Lodhi claimed the woman was a “victim of pellet gun injury in Kashmir”.

The claim, it turns out, was a blatant lie.

While holding up the photo from her chair at the General Assembly, Maleeha Lodhi said, “This, Mr President, is the face of India’s democracy."

Lodhi’s gaffe came as she was replying to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj speech to the world body, where the latter asked Pakistan to introspect why it was lagging in growth.

The woman in the photo is Rawya abu Jom’a, who was injured in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City in 2014. The critically-acclaimed photo of a then 17-year-old Rawya was taken on July 22, 2014 by award-winning photojournalist Heidi Levine, who is based in Jerusalem.

The photo was also tweeted on March 27, 2015 by Dr Ramy Abdu, whose bio on his verified Twitter account says he is the founder of Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor.

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