PTM USA Condemns Brazen Attack By Pakistan Military On Peaceful Rally In North Waziristan |
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PTM USA |
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PTM-USA stands in solidarity with Pashtun Tahafuz Movement's(PTM) protestors, who were attacked in a peaceful rally by Pakistani military establishment in a predetermined and well-orchestrated plan. The attack on innocent people is a gross violation of human rights and abdication of state's responsibility to protect the citizens.
Mohsin Dawar and Ali Wazir, two member of Pakistan Parliament, were also attending the rally to supports the peaceful protest to expose the human violations and denial of basic services in tribal areas by Pakistani security forces. While security agencies have censored all media and jammed phone signals, the social media videos clearly shows that the peaceful rally was directly targeted, shot and bled by Pakistani army. PTM officials via live videos, including PTM's leader Manzoor Pashteen, have confirmed that dozens of people were injured and sustained bullet wounds. Ali Wazir and many innocent Pashtuns were taken by military forces.
The state-run news agencies are also spreading propaganda and juxtaposing lies on national TV, which exposes Pakistan's weakness and culpability in directly targeting innocent civilians.
PTM USA calls on the United Nations, the U.S. State Department, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and other human rights organizations to investigate these and other human rights violations in Pakistan. We call on the international media to report on these facts.
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