Pakistan

Urgent action (good news): Pakistan. Abducted Pakistani journalist Rehmatullah Darpakhel released.

Further information on UA: 270/11 Index: ASA 33/017/2011 Issue Date: 13 October 2011

Pakistani journalist Rehmatullah Darpakhel, who was abducted on 11 August 2011, was released on 12 October and is now recovering with his family.
On the afternoon of 11 August 2011, journalist Rehmatullah Darpakhel was abducted by unknown men as he shopped for groceries in his home town of Miran Shah in North Waziristan, in north-western Pakistan. [ Lire la suite » ]


 

Urgent action:Muzaffar Bhutto, political activist abducted in Pakistan

UA: 59/11 Index: ASA 33/001/2011 Issue Date: 04 March 2011

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Muzaffar Bhutto, a senior member of a Sindhi nationalist political party in Pakistan, has been abducted for a second time allegedly by plain-clothed intelligence agents and police on 25 February. His wife is concerned for his life, as he is suffering from serious health problems. Amnesty International fears he might be tortured or ill-treated whilst in detention. [ Lire la suite » ]


 

Urgent action: Aakash Mallah and Noor Mohammad Khaskheli : two political activists disappeared

UA: 325/09 Index: ASA 33/012/2009 Issue Date: 04 December 2009

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Aakash Mallah, Vice Chairman of the Sindh nationalist party Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM), and JSQM activist Noor Mohammad Khaskheli, were abducted on 30 October, in Sindh province, south-eastern Pakistan. Local sources believe the two men were subjected to enforced disappearances by government security officials. They could be at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]


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