Police re-arrest human rights activists (by: Devin)
Updated: 3:15pm
Looks like some of my friends are back in jail. After being invited to come to the police station to pick up his mobile phone, one of the HRCP staffers supporters was detained. Apparently, arrest warrants are out for several others, including an HRCP staffer who I work with. See this article.
(Amber notes) We're hoping that it was just a tactic to keep people from potentially going to the march Bhutto called for. However; rumor is that the warrants are good for 90 day detentions. Most of the people on the list have gone underground. I talked to one friend on the phone briefly, before we realized it was probably better to avoid unnecessary phone conversations (as they were probably tapped). She was pretty stressed out... mostly about having to miss work and not getting support from her community. (/end Amber)
On the bright side, HRCP purchased a satellite dish! So, we now have access to the news again here. The government has been cracking down on the sale of dishes, closing all shops that sell them and (just today) imposing import restrictions prohibiting anyone from bringing a dish into the country.
Looks like some of my friends are back in jail. After being invited to come to the police station to pick up his mobile phone, one of the HRCP staffers supporters was detained. Apparently, arrest warrants are out for several others, including an HRCP staffer who I work with. See this article.
(Amber notes) We're hoping that it was just a tactic to keep people from potentially going to the march Bhutto called for. However; rumor is that the warrants are good for 90 day detentions. Most of the people on the list have gone underground. I talked to one friend on the phone briefly, before we realized it was probably better to avoid unnecessary phone conversations (as they were probably tapped). She was pretty stressed out... mostly about having to miss work and not getting support from her community. (/end Amber)
On the bright side, HRCP purchased a satellite dish! So, we now have access to the news again here. The government has been cracking down on the sale of dishes, closing all shops that sell them and (just today) imposing import restrictions prohibiting anyone from bringing a dish into the country.