BADIN: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has condemned the ‘enforced disappearances’ of four political activists in Badin district over the weekend.
According to a statement issued by HRCP Chairperson Dr Mehdi Hassan on Monday, the commission stated: “HRCP is appalled to learn of the abduction of four political activists from four different villages in Badin district, late Saturday and early Sunday.
“While there is the obvious concern of the families for the victims’ safety and early recovery, HRCP is particularly alarmed over political activists being picked up from different villages in a coordinated manner” the statement indicated.
The commission deplored that a clampdown on activists because of their political affiliation and identity goes against the very essence of democracy.
The HRCP demands the immediate and safe recovery of the victims, including Ghulam Raza Jarwar, Ali Ahmed Bughio, Shadi Khan Soomro and Abdul Aziz Gurghaiz, and a detailed probe into the actions of the perpetrators.
Earlier, the family of abducted persons, representatives of civil society, human rights activists and others also protested against the abduction of the four persons of Badin, while civil society organisations and others have also strongly condemned enforced disappearances of writer and human rights defender Ghulam Raza Jarwar and others and termed this an illegal and unlawful act.
They appealed to the chief of army staff, chief justice, prime minister, interior minister, and provincial authorities to take the immediate notice of disappearances of their relatives and they demanded all those taken away must be released, and if they were involved in any ill activities against the country than forces must produce them in the courts.
