The 285 Turkish nationals, who are teachers associated with the Pak-Turk schools and their families, have been facing deportation to Turkey since November 2016. The 285 now live in fear of raids carried out by the Pakistani police and intelligence services in Pakistan. Should they be deported to Turkey, they are at high risk of arbitrary arrest, judicial harassment, and detention upon arrival. Such detention may be accompanied by torture and other forms of ill-treatment.
South Asia Citizens Web
-
Pakistan: 285 Turkish teachers and families risk forcible deportation and persecution - Joint press statement by HRCP & FIDH
1 November 2017 -
Video & Transcript of Interview with Noam Chomsky by Pervez Hoodbhoy (Oct 2017)
1 November 2017Noam! There’s a whole lot of things that I want to talk to you about, but let me start with this. It appears as if the world is retribalizing. We are going back to our primal tribal loyalties – to religion, to nationalism. You see this just about everywhere. You see this with Brexit, the rise of the ultra-right in Europe, with Donald Trump in United States. And here in Pakistan you have bloodletting with Sunnis killing Shias, and everybody going after the Ahmadis and the Christians and the Hindus. And in India – that seems to be a country that has just gone mad with their protection of the cow. What’s going on? There was once a time of the European Enlightenment and I know that you admire John Stuart Mill very much. Have we given up on the advances that humans made in those times? What’s going on?
-
Fight back fundamentalist threat to woman’s rights - Karima Bennoune (UN Special Rapporteur on cultural rights) 25 Oct 2017
28 October 2017NEW YORK (25 October 2017) – The world must fight back against a growing threat to women’s rights fuelled by rising fundamentalism and extremism, a UN human rights expert has told the the Third Committee, 30th meeting - General Assembly in New York.
-
The Lies of UN/WHO on Chernobyl - interview with Alison Katz | Nuclear Hotseat Podcast (Oct 2017)
28 October 2017Alison Katz of Independent WHO reveals the suppression and dis-information campaign against the book Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment, a compilation of over 500 health studies from Eastern European nations compiled by Prof. Alexei Yablokov
-
India: Denial of health or allied social security services for lack of Adhaar ID is a violation of human rights - Statement from health movements & concerned citizens
27 October 2017We, the concerned people’s health movements, health networks, women’s groups and individuals vehemently condemn the denial of any health and allied services, access to PDS or any other schemes that enhance social security for want of an Aadhaar identity. This is extremely arbitrary and a gross violation of human rights, the right to life and dignity.
