Update @ 2345: Details of arrests at Human Rights Commission Pakistan

Posted by ange

November 5, 2007

The following via a blogger in Lahore who passes information on the condition of anonnymity:

Those detained were in a private meeting, inside HRCP’s offices this afternoon — not staging a protest or demonstration of any kind. Among the arrested are a motley bunch who had assembled due to a shared interest in the political situation and human rights issues: students, a professor from LUMS, a professor from Punjab U, lawyers, HRCP workers. A few have reportedly been transported elsewhere including a staff member from HRCP, although where to is not known. Some say 40-50 total people are detained from the HRCP meeting, though I couldn’t get this confirmed due to sporadic and interrupted phone communication with the detained. Right now the police are saying they may be detained from 30-90 days under either house arrest, in detention or jail. We hope this is just an intimidation tactic to scare people into silence and passivity.