European Pakistani Citizens Association
Barcelona, España
Joined December 2011
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The documentary is LIVE now! Go watch it and share it with your friends.
Here's the link youtu.be/90Fu-L_AbwA
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MERCILESS CRACKDOWN IN KASHMIR: FIRING REPORTED AMID COMMUNICATION BLACKOUT AS EXPLOSIONS ECHO IN THE BACKGROUND
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Concerning reports of further unlawful killings in Azad Kashmir have emerged since the UN experts raised serious concerns over the human rights violations.
There must be full accountability. The bloodshed must end, communications restored and peaceful dialogue resumed, with the inalienable human rights of Kashmiris at the heart of any resolution.
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📍Pakistan
🚨 International NGOs condemn the sentencing of human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha to 10 years in prison under anti-terrorism legislation.
We call for their immediate release, the quashing of their convictions and an end to judicial harassment.
🔗 zurl.co/9W3gj
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In 1980, a South Korean military court sentenced opposition leader Kim Dae-jung to death in a sham trial. The world refused to stay silent, and his life was spared. Seventeen years later he was elected President and went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
History is repeating itself in Pakistan.
@ImranKhanPTI , Pakistan’s most popular leader, has been imprisoned since August 2023 on fabricated cases, by courts under the control of Field Marshal Asim Munir. He has spent more than a year in solitary confinement. His wife, sisters, nephew and cousin are also behind bars. His health is deteriorating, and he is being denied independent medical care.
This is a slow killing.
Imran Khan will walk free and lead Pakistan again, as Kim Dae-jung led Korea. But that depends on the world speaking now.
To every leader, government and institution that embraces, funds or legitimises Asim Munir: if anything happens to Imran Khan, history will not record you as bystanders, but as partners in his killing.
Do not be on the wrong side of history.
@UNHumanRights @UN_SPExperts @EP_HumanRights @eu_eeas @amnesty @hrw @ICJ_org @oxwali
#LetPakistanSeeImranKhan
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🚨 URGENT HUMAN RIGHTS ALERT
PAKISTAN 🚨
IMRAN KHAN'S LIFE IS BEING PUT IN GRAVE DANGER.
After 7 months without access, his lawyer finally met him on 2 November. The message to his family was alarming: his blood pressure had reportedly reached 192.
How much longer can the world remain silent?
His family demands immediate transfer to an independent hospital, access to his personal physician and proper medical treatment.
Is prolonged isolation and denial of adequate healthcare putting his life at risk? The authorities must answer. We call on the international community to ACT NOW.
@UNHumanRights @UN_SPExperts @EP_Trade @amnesty @hrw @HRCP87 @UNGeneva @ICJ_org
SAVE IMRAN KHAN'S LIFE. HUMAN RIGHTS ARE NOT NEGOTIABLE.
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🇵🇰 Pakistan's second periodic review at the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) 80th session will take place today and tomorrow.
Amnesty International has highlighted that Pakistan has not taken substantive steps to incorporate economic, social and cultural rights into its domestic legislation as binding rights, and has raised serious concerns regarding the authorities' ability to ensure compliance with the principle of non-discrimination (article 2(2)), right to just and favourable conditions of work (article 7), right to form and join trade unions (article 8), and the right to health (article 12).
The session will be livestreamed here: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k17/k1…
🕕 Today (3 November) from 15:00 to 18:00 in Geneva / 19:00 t0 22:00 in Pakistan
🕐 Tomorrow (4 November) from 10:00 to 13:00 in Geneva / 14:00 to 17:00 in Pakistan
📑Read Amnesty International’s submission to the CESCR: amnesty.org/en/documents/asa…
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December 1894, Paris. Captain Alfred Dreyfus, an officer on the French general staff, is convicted of passing military secrets to Germany. The trial is held behind closed doors. The judges see a secret file his lawyers are never shown.
He is shipped to Devil's Island and held there for four years in near-total isolation, at times shackled to his bed at night.
In 1896 the army discovers the real traitor: another officer. Instead of admitting its mistake, it protects him. He is tried and acquitted.
In January 1898 the novelist Émile Zola publishes an open letter, "J'accuse…!", accusing the army of a cover-up. Zola is convicted of libel and forced to flee to England.
In 1899 Dreyfus is tried again and found guilty again. He is pardoned, but not cleared.
Only in 1906 does France's highest court declare him innocent. He is restored to the army and awarded the Legion of Honour.
Twelve years. An institution that would rather protect itself than admit a mistake, courts that went along, and a public told the accused was a traitor.
My uncle @ImranKhanPTI has been in prison since August 2023. In 2024 the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention found his detention arbitrary and called for his immediate release. In December 2025 the UN Special Rapporteur on torture raised alarm at reports that he is kept alone in his cell for up to 23 hours a day.
He is still in prison.
In 1897 Zola wrote: "The truth is on the march, and nothing will stop it."
#FreeImranKhan
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After sending to every Pakistani newspaper for weeks, trying to get attention of publishing editors , finally decided to answer Farrukh Saleem on Substack ,
“Pakistan Does Not Need a Reformist Army It Needs Constitutional Government”
open.substack.com/pub/usmank…
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Human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha deserve justice. Today they were sentenced to ten years in prison on counts of “terrorism.” Their crime? Defending activists, lawyers and marginalized communities that were subjected to enforced disappearances and unjust charges.
They underwent an unfair trial for this fearless human rights work. Authorities must immediately release Imaan and Hadi and drop all charges against them.
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PAKISTAN: Responding to the conviction and ten-year imprisonment of Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha today by the Anti-Terrorism Court in Islamabad, Yasmine Ahmed, Senior Director for Regional Human Rights Impact at Amnesty International, said:
“These convictions are an indictment of Pakistan’s justice system. This was not just Imaan and Hadi on trial, it was a test of the judiciary’s ability to uphold the principles of justice and the right to fair trial. It has failed that test miserably. It is clear that these ‘anti-terrorism’ charges are being used to punish Imaan and Hadi for their human rights advocacy.”
Read more here: amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2…
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Thank you Senator the Hon Penny Wong, Minister for Foreign Affairs, for raising concerns regarding procedural fairness, human rights and welfare of former PM Imran Khan, and for assuring Australia's commitment to international human rights norms.
#ReleaseImranKhan
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No one has seen or heard from my father since August, when he explicitly said that he was being tortured and that the regime was trying to kill him like Egypt’s government did Morsi. The UN Special Rapporteur on torture has repeatedly stated that his treatment amounts to torture. Pakistan’s fascist regime, led by military dictator Asim Munir, continue to ignore the Supreme Court order from August for my father to be assessed and treated at the private Shifa International Hospital, as well as for regular access to family visits and access to his lawyers. It is clear that they are trying to kill him as he is by far the most popular political figure in the country, and they fear him. If the worst happens, no one should make any mistake who is responsible. It is Asim Munir with the approval of the illegitimate Pakistani government. Every government that continues to legitimise this regime will be complicit in this and the resulting chaos and destabilisation it causes in the region. No state that is engaging in friendly relations with this fascist Pakistani regime can truly claim to uphold the values of democracy or human rights.
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IK’s sister, Noreen Niazi (and not Aleema Khan as is being reported), has been taken to Punjab Institute of Cardiology.
We, as legal counsel, and family members had not been informed formally and have only received the news from different sources.
Earlier today new petitions were filed challenging the three sisters’ MPO extension orders. @MudassarUmer4
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Today, the Punjab government confirmed before the Lahore High Court that my mother, Aleema Khan @Aleema_KhanPK and my aunts, Dr Uzma Khan @DrUzma_KhanPK and @Noreen_KhanPK Noreen Niazi, have been detained for another 30 days under the MPO.
What is particularly disturbing is that, according to the government’s own submission, the extension was approved on 7 October, yet only disclosed before the court on 26 October.
Why was this order not disclosed during the Lahore High Court hearings on 9th and 12th October? Why was our family kept in the dark, even after their original 30-day detention periods had expired?
For over a month, @ImranKhanPTI’s three sisters have been held in prison, denied access to their families and legal counsel, simply for standing by their brother, Imran Khan.
As a son and nephew, I ask: What threat do three women pose to the state that warrants another month of imprisonment? What are the authorities so afraid of?
The law should protect citizens from arbitrary detention, not become an instrument of persecution.
We demand their immediate release, immediate access to their families and lawyers, and full disclosure of the legal grounds for their continued detention.
We will keep fighting for justice. We will not be silenced.
#FreeImranKhanAndFamily
#imrankhan
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“Time is a fearsome healer. Slowly it fills your wound, and every year we tear it open again.” @ImranRiazKhan
Four years after Arshad Sharif was shot dead in Kenya, there is still no justice. His mother died waiting for it.
EuroPak has taken a step so his name is never lost to the dust of time. At the Geneva Press Club on 23 October, we inaugurated the Arshad Sharif Human Rights Award.
From now on, the honour, respect and memory of Arshad Sharif will be a living legacy. He gave his blood, but he never gave up his pen or his voice. Every year, this award will pass them on to a journalist or defender who refuses to be silenced.
We will keep this cause alive until justice is done.
@PressClubGva @ARYSabirShakir @RSF_inter @pressfreedom @IFJGlobal
#JusticeForArshadSharif
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The inaugural ceremony of Arshad Shareef human rights award is being held in Geneva today, honouring the legacy of the esteemed journalist, at @genevapressclub.
#ArshadShareefShaheed @arsched (1973–2022) devoted his life to fearless journalism and accountability.
We remain united in the world and continue to demand answers for his family, while ensuring that the pursuit of justice remains a global priority.
@Euro_Pak_Org @RSF_inter @RSF_en @CPJAsia
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Received an invitation email from the Geneva Press Club concerns an award ceremony organised by @Euro_Pak_Org to honor the brave journalist Arshad Sharif @arsched.
Arahad Sharif was a bold and vocal journalist and critic of the Pakistan Army Establishment’s misconducts.
Brave Arshad Sharif was shot & killed by police in Kenya on 22 October 2022.
Many Pakistanis consider that the ISI, Pakistan’s intelligence agency, killed him.
Pakistan’s well-known journalists @ImranRiazKhan and @ARYSabirShakir are set to be key speakers at tomorrow’s award ceremony.
Tomorrow 23rd October
Time 6 PM to 8:30 PM
Geneva Press club
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Video for International Media & Observers on Pakistan’s Governor’s Rule in KP and imposing of Emergency in the province.
The mandate snatching and killing of democracy series in Pakistan continues.
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We are deeply concerned for Qari Bilal in Pakistan, the brother of Pakistani pro-democracy activist and influencer @Abubakrnazir804 based in Europe. Qari Bilal has been abducted from his home, which follows a pattern of state abductions of activists, journalists, Imran Khan supporters and their families for the past few years in Pakistan. This is not the first time Abu Bakr has been the victim of transnational repression. We shall be documenting this formally - the @EU_Commission @EP_HumanRights @UNHumanRights @FCDOGovUK @antonioguterres @andyburnham must elicit diplomatic and economic consequences of this authoritarianism in Pakistan, which stops at nothing to deprive the people from having a legitimate vote, a right, a voice - not even the taking of precious human life.
