Why are Political Activists Disappearing in Pakistan?
While the Pakistani President talks about peace and end of terrorism, Pakistani journalist Aslam Khwaja talks about the disappearance of peace activist Asif Baladi - allegedly by government agencies - and of hundreds of other political activists in Sindh and Balochistan.
If the Pakistani president needs to fight terror, he has to start inhis own civil society, and his own agencies that have been accused by Pakistani civil society organizations of kidnapping various political leaders.
Listen to Aslam Khwaja introduce Asif Baladi, the conditions of his disappearance and the disppearance of hundreds of other journalists and political activists.
Aslam Khwaja describes why these activists - most of them questioning the role of the state in the break up of rights in Pakistan - keep disappearing and how the state can remain unaccountable.
Aslam Khwaja tells us what the reaction of people in Sindh and Balochistan have been to these kidnappings and disappearance.
Aslam Khwaja points to the role of political parties in raising questions about these disappearances and their limitations in a dictatorial Pakistan.
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Posted by collective at October 01, 2006 11:14 PM
