UPDATE: The Supreme Court has taken suo moto notice of this incident, which, because it was captured on camera and circulated on the Internet, broadcast on TV channels, cannot be ignored like the other extra-judicial killings and murders taking place. But as Ali Dayan of HRW asks, “Will there be justice as a result?”
Some questions: It has been learnt that the video was shot by a man with a digi-camera who was with an Awaz TV reporter who was at the scene. Since one of them kept filming (granted, it was critical for him to continue and document the abuse), why didn’t other call for help? How come they were there in the first place? And how did Rangers let them film this scene? (further update: a team of three people from the Sindhi TV channel Awaz to film
HRW on Karachi killing: What we are seeing is visual records of what we have long documented: the culture of impunity in Pakistani law enforcement agencies. What is becoming clear is that the free for all, the culture of wanton abuse and killing, is becoming untenable in the age of new media and cell phone cameras.
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