Thread #ReleaseMazoorPashteen HRCP is gravely concerned at the arrest of #ManzoorPashteen, a key leader of the #PTM, on charges of sedition, among others. We demand that he be released immediately. 1/4
#ManzoorPashteen has held consistently that the state is responsible for protecting the fundamental rights guaranteed to all citizens under the Constitution. 2/4
Among other things, #ManzoorPashteen has advocated for the removal of landmines in former FATA, the recovery of forcibly disappeared persons, and for effective civilian control of former FATA, following the passage of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment Act 2018. 3/4
HRCP demands that the government listen to the #PTM's demands and engage with it politically rather than using force. 4/4 #ReleaseMazoorPashteen
