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Pakistani human rights activist Gulalai Ismail, who fled to the United States last month, denounces the authorities' harassment of her family. His father disappeared several hours after being abducted by men on the front porch of the Peshawar Supreme Court on Thursday (October 24th). It was actually an arrest.
The drawn features, the voice filled with emotions, Gulalai Ismail facing camera expresses his concern after the disappearance of his father, a retired university professor, activist activist of human rights.
It is on her Twitter account that she launches an alert message. " I'm afraid he's being tortured, " she says, unaware as she records her video, the identities of the black-clad men who seize her father when he left the Peshawar Supreme Court, where he was then appearing. for terrorism.
A few hours later, his father reappears before this same judicial body, brought by the same men who arrested him the day before. They are government agents. He is appearing on another charge, that of cybercrime. His daughter Gulalai Ismail denounces the Pakistani establishment's fierceness against her family, who protected her while she was still being stalked by the Pakistani security services.
Accused of treason, she eventually fled to the United States last month, where she seeks political asylum. The women's and children's rights activist had supported the Pashtun movement (an ethnic group in Afghanistan), drawing the wrath of the authorities. She had been arrested twice last year.
On her official Twitter account, the US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia and Central Asia expresses her deep concern over the " ongoing harassment of Gulalai Ismail's family and his father's detention " , calling on Pakistan to respect the rights of citizens in peaceful assembly and expression.
We are concerned by reports of the continued harassment of Gulalai Ismail's family, and his father's detention today. We encourage Pakistan to uphold citizens' rights to peaceful assembly, expression, and due process. AGW
State_SCA (@State_SCA) October 24, 2019