Pakistan: Justice for Parachinar victims
Publisher | Amnesty International |
Publication Date | 29 June 2017 |
Cite as | Amnesty International, Pakistan: Justice for Parachinar victims, 29 June 2017, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/595613a34.html [accessed 2 November 2019] |
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Responding to reports of the shooting of three protestors and the injuring of 16 others in Parachinar, Amnesty International's Pakistan Campaigner, Nadia Rahman, said:
"It is heart-breaking to see one tragedy so quickly follow another. The people of Parachinar were mourning the loss of more than 67 people in a horrific bomb blast when three more people were shot dead while protesting the violence.
"The authorities must immediately order independent and effective investigations into these deaths. They have a responsibility to respect and protect the rights to life, freedom of expression and peaceful assembly."
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