WSC - Sindh News
Sindhi Nationalist Leader and Human Rights Advocate Dr. Munawar Halepota
has been released and deported by Pakistan Authorities
Dr. M. A. Halepota who is a Secretary General of World Sindhi Congress
and
Human Rights International was released and expelled by Pakistani
authorities on Jan. 4, 1996. He was arbitrarily arrested and detained by
Federal Investigation Agency on Nov. 28, 1995. During his confinement he
did not had the access to any lawyer and his whereabouts were unknown.
Dr. Halepota, who was born in Sindh, Pakistan and is a citizen of United
Kingdom, has been very vocal in various International forums regarding
the Pakistan government's and Military's atrocities on Sindhi People and
the
human rights situation in other regions all over the world. In Pakistani
political scene, the harassment, detention and execution of political/human
rights activists is not a new phenomenon.
Many international forums including, Amnesty International, UN
Human Rights Commission in Geneva, European Parliament, UK
Government strongly condemned his arrest. Many people believe that Dr.
Halepota has been released because of this international pressure from
all
over the world and his being the UK citizen. Sindhis living in UK and North
America also showed their strong anger toward this unjustified arrest.
Dr. Halepota is planning to have a press conference on Jan. 10 in
UK and also prepare a report on his accounts. He has personally conveyed
his
thanks to all of the individuals and organizations who campaigned for
his release.
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