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Stop Disappearances in Pakistan: AHRC online petittion
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The facts:
- Pakistan has among the highest number of enforced disappearances in Asia. Thousands of persons have been disappeared, mostly from Balochistan and also from the North Western Frontier Province, Sindh and Punjab.
- Intelligence agencies are reportedly responsible for the arrest and
disappearance of more than 4,000 persons since the start of the 'war on terror? 1600 persons are reportedly still missing from Balochistan.
- Among the disappeared persons from Balochistan are 168 children and 148 women. Many of these women have been allegedly tortured and used as sex slaves by military and intelligence officers.
- The military is believed to be running at least 52 torture and detention centres throughout the country.
The demands:
- Release all disappeared persons.
- Allow access to all places of detention.
- Close all torture centres.
- Establish a strong, independent and accountable body to investigate the disappearances.
- Prosecute those found responsible and provide the victims and their families with satisfactory reparations.
- Form a war crimes tribunal to investigate the disappearances of the children of Balochistan.
- Ratify and implement the ICCPR and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
- Issue standing invitations to all UN special procedures and invite the Special Rapporteur on Torture and the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances.
Read the petition in full and sign online at:
http://campaigns.ahrchk.net/pakdisappearance/
Posted on 2010-03-29
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