Journalists are welcome to use this note, based on a statement made public on Jan 5, 2012.
Media note: Citizens express concern about Pakistan, safety of human rights defenders
Updated Jan 7, 2012
Prominent writers, doctors, intellectuals, lawyers, artists and journalists from all over Pakistan and around the world have endorsed a statement expressing “grave concern” at the threats to “Pakistani human rights defenders for their stance in the ‘memogate’ case” and “at the danger this crisis poses to Pakistan’s democratic political process that had taken a step forward with the elections of 2008”.
Nearly 200 endorsements from Pakistan and around the world, including some very prominent names, came in within hours of the statement being posted online on Jan 4, 2012.
Well known Pakistani signatories include Pakistan Bar Council Vice President Latif Afridi Continue reading
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