Idris_Khattak

Idris Khattak

Idris Khattak

Missing human rights activist

Idris Khattak is a Pakistani human rights activist.[1][2][3][4] In early December 2021 a military court has sentenced Khattak to 14 years in prison for espionage.[5][6]

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Life

Idris Khattak had previously worked for Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch on a wide range of topics including people illegally disappeared by the military. He holds a PhD in anthropology from Saint Petersburg.[citation needed][7]

Abduction

Khattak was abducted by four individuals on the Swabi motorway interchange in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on 13 November 2019.[8]

Khattak has two daughters: Shumaisa and Talia.[9] He was kept in solitary confinement since November 2019 by military intelligence in Pakistan, although in February 2021 Amnesty International reported the Peshawar High Court had denied Khattak's appeal to be tried in a civilian court and that his hearing would instead take place in a military court.[10] [11]

Conviction

He was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment in a secret military court trial in late-2021, not being allowed to defend his case.[12] Human Rights Watch condemned the sentencing, saying that "Pakistan's security forces have with impunity long carried out enforced disappearances" and calling for him to tried publicly in a civilian court.[13] Amnesty International called the sentencing "the culmination of a shameful two-year process that has been unjust from start to finish" and saying that "enforced disappearances must, once and for all, be put to an end."[14]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Falah Gulzar (30 April 2020). "Pakistan: Human rights activist Idris Khattak missing since last year, Pakistanis demand action from government". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Human-rights activist Idris Khattak goes 'missing' in Swabi". nation.com.pk. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  3. [3]
    Huma Yusuf (4 May 2020). "Missing rights". dawn.com. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  4. [4]
    Sirajuddin (18 November 2019). "Rights activist Idris Khattak abducted by unidentified men at karak Interchange, says driver". dawn.com. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  5. [5]
    "Military court convicts rights activist of espionage". 5 December 2021.
  6. [6]
    "Pakistan Sentences Rights Defender to 14 Years in Prison | Human Rights Watch". 6 December 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  7. [7]
    Muhammad Idris khatak. "Biography of Idris khatak" (PDF).
  8. [8]
    "Human Rights Commission of Pakistan". hrcp-web.org. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  9. [9]
    "Where is Idris Khattak?". amnesty.org. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  10. [10]
    "Pakistan: Further Information: Human Rights Defender Denied Civilian Court Trial: Idris Khattak". amnesty.org. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  11. [11]
    "PHC allows trial of rights activist by military court". The Express Tribune. 1 February 2021.
  12. [12]
    "Military court convicts rights activist of espionage". Dawn. 5 December 2021.
  13. [13]
    Gossman, Patricia (6 December 2021). "Pakistan Sentences Rights Defender to 14 Years in Prison". Human Rights Watch. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  14. [14]
    "Pakistan: Family of enforced disappearance victim Idris Khattak must be given clarity". Amnesty International. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.

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