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HRCP expresses concern over disappearance of four activists

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Press Trust of India Lahore
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed serious concern over the "enforced disappearance" of four political activists in the southeastern Sindh province.

"Their families have given somewhat similar accounts of policemen and personnel in black or dark blue uniforms and civilian clothes taking away their relatives," the HRCP said in a statement.

Activists - Raza Jarwar, Ali Ahmed Bughio, Shadi Khan Soomro and Abdul Aziz Gurghaiz - were abducted from their residences last week.

HRCP is "appalled" to learn of the near simultaneous abduction of four political activists from four different villages in Badin district," it said, adding that the "enforced disappearance is "alarming".
 

While there is an obvious concern of the families for the victims' safety and early recovery, the HRCP said it is particularly alarmed over political activists being picked up from different villages in a coordinated manner.

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First Published: May 29 2017 | 9:09 PM IST

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