Amnesty Condemns Repeated Use of Water Cannons on PTI Protesters in Rawalpindi
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\nAmnesty International on Wednesday condemned the repeated use of high-pressure water cannons by authorities to disperse peaceful protesters outside Adiala Prison in Rawalpindi, Dawn E-Paper reported. The sit-in was staged after family members of incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan were denied a court-mandated meeting with him.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe repeated use of high-pressure water cannons against peaceful protesters is a flagrant violation of their right to peaceful assembly,\u201d Amnesty said, calling on Pakistani authorities to respect citizens\u2019 rights and end disproportionate and punitive use of force.<\/p>\n
A March 24 Islamabad High Court order allows Imran Khan\u2019s family to meet him twice a week, but his sisters Aleema, Uzma, and Noreen Khan Niazi, along with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi, have repeatedly been denied access.<\/p>\n
Protests on Tuesday and early Wednesday saw authorities deploy water cannons from 2 a.m., followed by baton charges on remaining demonstrators. Several party workers were arrested, though exact numbers remain unclear. Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimeen leader Allama Raja Nasir, present at the protest, condemned the treatment of demonstrators, describing it as inhumane and unjustified.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Amnesty Condemns Repeated Use of Water Cannons on PTI Protesters in Rawalpindi ——————————– Amnesty International on Wednesday condemned the repeated use of high-pressure water cannons by authorities to disperse peaceful protesters outside Adiala Prison in Rawalpindi, Dawn E-Paper reported. The sit-in was staged after family members of incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan were …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":138159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"yoast_head":"\n