#IdrisKhattak has rendered tremendous services to the cause of human rights by steadfastly pursuing the cases of missing persons. Instead of recognition for his services to humanity, he was sentenced to 14 years in prison. #ReleaseIdrisKhattak
#IdrisKhattak has rendered tremendous services to the cause of human rights by steadfastly pursuing the cases of missing persons. Instead of recognition for his services to humanity, he was sentenced to 14 years in prison. #ReleaseIdrisKhattak
3 years since #HRD #IdrisKhattak was disappeared and later sentenced by military court, I'm deeply concerned that his right to #accesstojustice continues to be denied. I reiterate calls we made to #Pakistan to release & remedy #Khattak
Via @cvoule
UN human rights experts condemned today the reported conviction of leading human rights defender and minority civil society activist Idris Khattak, who was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment following an apparent unfair trial by a military court in Pakistan.
"While Papaβs life has come to a pause, our lives still went on without him. I graduated university, but for the ceremony my guest list was empty.β
#TaliaKhattak βs note on her father #IdrisKhattakβs fourth birthday in custody.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2022/11/a-life-of-waiting/
November is a difficult month in our family. It is a reminder that another year has gone by that Papa cannot be with us. It is also a reminder that he will once again be alone on his birthday. All we can do on the 19th of November since the past three years is think [β¦]
Enforced disappearances continue to plague Pakistan and the practice must end. Idris must be tried before a civilian court to rule on the legality of his arrest and detention and his family and lawyers should be informed of the status of his case.
- Amnesty International South Asia
#AmnestyInternational #SouthAsia #Pakistan #IdrisKhattak #ReleaseIdrisKhattak #WhereIsIdrisKhattak #HumanRights π΅π°