Our brief statement as members of Climate Action Pakistan, regarding the fabricated sedition cases under which peaceful protesters have been booked.
#ReleaseIslamabadProtestors
#ReleaseIslamabadProtestors
Climate Action Pk is cognizant that social activism, including climate activism, would draw the ire of defenders of the status quo. We also recognize the urgent scientific & moral necessity of confronting the current power structure that is destroying our communities & our planet
Our fellow climate justice activist from Islamabad, Ammar Rashid, Nawfal Saleemi, Saifullah Nasar, Shahrukh Alam and over a dozen other protestors were arrested outside Islamabad Press Club for peacefully protesting against extra judicial arrests.
They have been deprived of their constitutional right to freedom of speech, peaceful assembly and due process of law. The arrests and abductions do not bode well for the urgently needed actions for climate justice today and into the future.
We will be ill prepared for the challenges of the climate crisis if these bright, articulate and passionate voices are silenced.
Our Climate Action Pk manifesto clearly states that we demand the release of all persons arrested or detained for demanding their climate and democratic rights.
. This harassment and intimidation stops now. We demand the immediate release of our colleagues and all the peaceful citizens exercising their right to participate in our democracy and have their voices heard.
