MQM SECTOR INCHARGE JAVED SHAH PURI ILLEGALLY ARRESTED AND BEING TORTURED WHILE IN CUSTODY – MQM COORDINATION COMMITTEE

 

London – 10 October 2000

 

The MQM Coordination Committee has strongly condemned the illegal arrest of Javed Shah Puri, the Sector Incharge of MQM Liaquatabad.   They have termed this as the continuation of the State operation to crush the MQM.

 

Mr Javed Shah Puri was arrested in the morning by the police and the paramilitary rangers.  At present, he is being kept at an unknown destination and is being brutally tortured to sign a pre-written confessional statement.  From the past experiences it is strongly apprehended that his life is in danger.  The Coordination Committee said that the Establishment, fearing from the unity of the smaller nations, has intensified its atrocities upon the MQM workers.  They warned the Establishment that the illegal raids, unlawful arrests, cordoning off operations and other atrocious acts cannot deter the people of smaller nations from their peaceful struggle for the attainment of their rights.

 

The Coordination Committee demanded that the inhuman torture being inflicted upon Javed Shah Puri in custody must be stopped.  They appealed to all the true democratic political parties and the national and international human rights organisations to take notice of the large-scale raids and arrests of MQM workers.