Pakistan: Fear for Safety: Iqbal Kazmi (m)

Index AI : ASA 33/009/2007
Date de publication : 11 juin 2007
Catégorie(s) : Asie - Pacifique, Pakistan

Journalist Iqbal Kazmi was abducted by unidentified men on 6 June at around 5.30am after dropping off his 12-year-old son at his wife's mother's house in the Gulistan-e-Jauhar area of Karachi. He was reportedly tortured, and later drugged on the evening of 7 June. He regained consciousness the following day in a park in the Clifton area of Karachi. The men who abducted him threatened to kill him and his family unless they leave Karachi by 13 June.