MQM’S WORLDWIDE PROTEST
MUTTAHIDA QUAMI MOVEMENT (MQM) BEGINS ITS WORLDWIDE PROTEST CAMPAIGN TO PROTEST AGAINST THE CONTINUED INJUSTICES, ATROCITIES AND THE DENIAL OF THEIR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS BY THE SUCCESSIVE GOVERNMENTS OF PAKISTAN INCLUDING THE PRESENT MILITARY GOVERNMENT
21 August 2000
London
In continuation to its
massive Worldwide Protest Campaign, today, the Members of the
Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Australia Unit and a large number
of Mohajirs residing in the Australia staged a peaceful walk and
demonstration in front of the New South Wales Parliament Building
in Sydney, Australia.
This demonstration commence with the participants gathering at the Hyde Park in Sydney and then peaceful marching towards the Parliament Building. It was organised to draw the attention of the Amnesty International towards the denial of fair trial and the slaying of judiciary in Dr Farooq Sattar’s Case by the Accountability Courts established under the draconian NAB Ordinance by the present military regime. Moreover, it was also requested from the Amnesty International to raise their voice over the plight of the Mohajirs in Pakistan, particularly the leader, workers and supporters of the MQM, which is continuing since the commencement of the Army Operation on 19 June 1992.
At the end of the demonstration a two member delegation of the MQM Australia Unit also presented a petition at the Parliament Building and explained in detail of the atrocities faced by the people of the Mohajir Nation in general and the MQM leaders, workers and supporters in particular.
