Beena Sarwar The tragedy of a fisherman who died of Covid-19 while imprisoned in India, far from his family in Karachi, highlights the link between geopolitics and climate change – issues being deliberated at the upcoming COP26 in Glasgow. In November 2017, Amir Hamza was among the crew of a Pakistani fishing boat arrested by […]
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Something I wrote in anguish yesterday, published in The Citizen, The Wire and Aman Ki Asha… Not only are fishermen punished harshly for crossing a border they cannot see, once detained they are treated like prisoners of war by the other country. The India-Pakistan Fisherman’s Story: Caught, Jailed, Dies, Body Wrapped in Red Tape Imagine […]
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Over 30 organizations around Southasia and beyond have endorsed a joint statement about cross-border prisoners initiated and coordinated by Sapan, the Southasia Peace Action Network, calling for the humane treatment of cross-border prisoners and to decriminalise inadvertent illegal border crossings. Titled ‘Release prisoners on completion of jail term, decriminalise inadvertent border crossings, especially for fisherfolk […]
Filed under: Human rights, Pakistan-India, prisoners, Southasia | Tagged: Bangladesh, death in custody, Fisherfolk, illegal border crossing, India, Pakistan, prisoner repatriation, Sri Lanka | 2 Comments »
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