Pakistan: Rights group slams military establishment for hand in Sabeen Mahmud's murder due to Baloch discussion

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Some 'unknown persons' riding on a motorbike wearing helmets shot several bullets at her while she was going back to her home with her mother after the talk. 

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Source/Credit: Asian Human Rights Commission
By AHRC Statement | April 27, 2014

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) condemns the brutal murder of a peace activist and human rights defender by the so called 'unknown persons' after arranging an open discussion on the gross violation of human rights in Balochistan.

Ms. Sabeen Mahmud, who was receiving life threats from the persons belonging to spy agencies of the security establishment to cancel the talk that had prominent Baloch activists Mama Qadeer, Ms. Farzana Majeed and Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur as panelists.

The mysterious calls threatened her with dire consequences if she went ahead with the talk.

Some unknown persons riding on a motorbike wearing helmets shot several bullets at her while she was going back to her home with her mother after the talk.

The gunshots killed her while also causing serious injuries to her mother.

It is to be mentioned here that the chief of notorious intelligence agency, Inter Service Intelligence (ISI), has forcefully stopped a talk on Balochistan organised by Lahore University of Science Management (LUMS) on April 9 by writing a threatening letter to the Vice Chancellor of LUMS.

Local as well as international media have hinted at possibility of the military's intelligence agencies particularly ISI in Sabeen Mahmud's murder.


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