Pashtuns protest at UNHRC against rights violations in Pakistan

Mar 04, 2021

Geneva (Switzerland) March 04, 2021 (ANI): Members of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement staged a protest outside the UN headquarters in Geneva raising concerns over the gross human rights violations committed by Pakistan Army on innocent Pashtuns. The Pashtun activists demanded the immediate and unconditional release of PTM leader Ali Wazir, a sitting Member of National Assembly of Pakistan who was detained last December for allegedly making anti-state comments. They also demanded release of more than 40 Pashtun activists, who have been languishing in jails over false charges. The activists urged the United Nations to take notice of the enforced disappearances, extra-judicial killings and arbitrary detentions of Pashtuns in Pakistan.