PAKISTAN: A panel of United Nations-backed independent experts expressed grave concern today about increased discrimination and violence against the minority Ahmadi community in Pakistan and urged authorities to ensure their protection.

The experts said in a statement that they were alarmed by reports of violence and discrimination against Ahmadis. 

CROATIA: Three senior Montenegrins — the country’s parliament speaker Andrija Mandic, lawmaker Milan Knezevic and vice-premier Aleksa Becicwere — were told in a diplomatic note today that they are now unwelcome in Croatia.