Members of the Human Rights organizations staged a protest outside the Pakistan Embassy in Washington on Friday on the occasion of International Women Day demanding the release of Pakistani national Dr Afia Siddiqi.
The protestors were carrying placards and banners inscribed with slogans for the release of Dr Afia Siddiqi.
Addressing the participants, speakers strongly criticized the US for violation of human rights. They said while America was championing the cause of human rights world over, it was violating the rights of the people under different pretexts and there is no body to challenge it.
They demanded the release of Dr Afia and an immediate end to drone strikes in Pakistan.