Tuesday, November 19, 2013

PAKISTAN: A video exposes the fake encounter in which a student leader was extrajudicially killed


Shaheed-Afzal-PanhwarOn August 22 the Asian Human Rights Commission issued an urgent appeal,PAKISTAN: A student leader was extrajudicial killed in a fake encounter conducted the intelligence agencies. We have now come into possession of a video produced by the police which was leaked to the AHRC which attempts to prove that Mr. Afzal Panhwar was killed in a legitimate police encounter. However, if anything, the video proves conclusively that the encounter was in fact, a fake and set up by the police.
A Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Mr. Saqib Memon, led the police team from the rear and can be seen clearly in several scenes. The video of the fake encounter, which may be seen here, is in Urdu and Sindhi but English subtitles start at 1:35 and continue up to the end. Viewers please note that the video is graphic in detail.  http://vimeo.com/74800162   The AHRC mentioned in the aforementioned urgent appeal that Panhwar was arrested and taken to a jungle area at the bank of the River Indus at Kotri, Sindh province. It is shown clearly in the video that his arm was broken severely which poses the question as to how he might have fired upon the officers. The video was forwarded to the AHRC by some Sindhi speaking police officials who were distressed at the blatant and violent killing of a young Sindhi nationalist who surrendered voluntarily to the police earlier when they raided his house.  http://www.humanrights.asia/news/ahrc-news/AHRC-STM-212-2013

1 comment:

  1. Notice in the video that Afzal has no shoes or shirt on.

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