Pakistan: Declaration of emergency must not be pretext to crackdown on human rights

Responding to the declaration of a state of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as well as the imposition of governor rule and the deployment of armed forces in the province, Babu Ram Pant, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for South Asia, said: “Reports of arbitrary detentions of key leaders – including the provincial chief minister – and […] The post Pakistan: Declaration of emergency must not be pretext to crackdown on human rights appeared first on Amnesty International.