
Arrested Indian fishermen in Pakistan lockup. File photo. Getty images
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 you are a fisherman. Born into poverty. Born in a small coastal village in India. Or Pakistan. (Hardly a matter of choice). You lead a tough life, following the profession of your father and grandfather. You are barely literate. You spend your life eking out a bare existence for yourself and your family, chasing the depleting shoals of fish that the wind and tide drive further out to sea.
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