Amnesty calls on Pakistani authorities to produce missing Baloch student

Must Read

Genocide is the only option in Balochistan – Pakistani Minister declares

A Pakistani minister in Balochistan, who is de-jure head of security apparatus in the region, has declared that genocide...

Aslam Baloch — The Baloch General – TBP Special report

For seventy years, through ups and downs, successes and failures, with rapid and slow pace, the Balochistan’s...

State’s deadly weapon, Shafiq Mengal – The Balochistan Post report

Strings of suicide bombing in Sindh's Shikarpur city and firing incident on BSO azad's rally in Khuzdar got connected...

According to a report released by the Amnesty International South Asia, the organization is concerned about the enforced disappearance of a student from Lahore city of Pakistan. The Amnesty demanded the Pakistani law enforcement forces to produce the Baloch student. If he is not in their custody then they should find out where he is, the amnesty said.

The report states that the student should be presented in a civil court and given a chance to get justice.

It may be recalled that the footage of the abduction of a Baloch student named Beebarg Imdad came to light on Wednesday. The video of the incident went viral on social media in which the alleged personnel of Pakistan secret services are forcibly putting the student in the car while they are accompanied by the police and security guards of Punjab University.

Beebarg was studying English literature at the National University of Modern Languages (NUML). The Baloch students staged a sit-in protest in front of the University administration office against the enforced disappearance of their fellow student. The students alleged that the university administration and Police are also involved in handing over Beebarg Imdad to unknown persons.

On the next day of the incident, the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD confirmed the arrest of Beebarg Imdad on charges of involvement in the Karachi University attack on Chinese Nationals on Tuesday. But the CTD has not provided details of his whereabouts and the case filed against him.

A sit-in protest by Baloch students against the illegal arrest and disappearance of Beebarg continues at Punjab University, where another video of baton-charge of Baloch students by university guards has come to light.

Amnesty has taken notice of the harassment of protesters by the administration. Amnesty in its report further said that violence against peaceful protesters at Punjab University today is an inhuman and illegal act and the right to peaceful assembly should be protected.

The Amnesty International concluded its report with calling on Pakistani authorities and institutions to conduct an impartial and effective investigation into the violence acts and enforced disappearance of Baloch students.

SourceTBP

Latest News

Quetta: 3 persons from the Hazara community kidnapped

Three persons belonging to the Hazara community were kidnapped from the outskirts of Balochistan's capital city Quetta...

Balochistan: Two persons forcefully disappeared

Two young men were reportedly abducted from the Khuzdar and Kech districts of Balochistan on Wednesday. According to reports,...

Senior ISI official killed in South Waziristan

A senior official of Pakistan's intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence(ISI) was killed along with his driver in an attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...

Seminar on freedom of speech held in Turbat to promote open dialogue, discussion

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) organized a seminar in Turbat on the topic of freedom of speech in Makran. Notable...

IED attack kills 4, injures 2 Pakistani soldiers; BLA takes responsibility

Pakistani military forces were targeted in an IED blast in Balochistan's Kech district on Monday -- Baloch armed group claimed responsibility for...