PUBLIC AI Index: ASA 33/050/2007

30 November 2007

Further Information on UA 292/07 (ASA 33/027/2007, 05 November 2007) and follow-up (ASA 33/028/2007, 06 November 2007) – illegal detention/prisoner of conscience

PAKISTAN Asma Jahangir (f)
Hina Jillani (f)
Iqbal Haider (m)
I. A. Rehman (m)
Brigadier (rtd) Rao Abid Hameed (m)
Shahtaj Qizilbash (f)
Imran Qureshi (m)

At least 48 other human rights defenders detained in the state of emergency

Asma Jahangir, Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, was released during the night of 16 November, after her detention order was lifted.

Hina Jillani, UN Special Representative on Human Rights Defenders, has returned to Pakistan but the 90-day detention order issued while she was abroad has not been enforced.

At least 53 human rights activists were released on bail on 6 November, including Iqbal Haider, I. A. Rehman, Brigadier (rtd) Rao Abid Hameed, Shahtaj Qizilbash and Imran Qureshi.

No further action is requested from the UA network. Many thanks to all who sent appeals.