Pakistan becomes world’s most dangerous human rights abuser under Imran Khan: Report – Times of India

Islamabad: Pakistan became one of the world’s most dangerous human rights abusers during the reign of Imran KhanA local media reported.
after the general Pervez MusharrafAs reported by Just Earth News, Imran Khan was one of the human rights abusers who tried to suppress media houses, human rights groups and social media activists with the help of Pakistan.
According to the publication, the killing of dissidents, the barking of journalists and attacks on freedom of expression became commonplace during his rule. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, in its ‘Status of Human Rights Report 2021’ released earlier this year, said that the rights to freedom of expression suffered the most in that year.
“The summation of these sanctions is that of an authoritarian regime bent on usurping the right of its people to speak and act,” the report said. The report categorically termed the previous Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government as “most repressive in terms of intimidation of journalists”.
Exposing at least nine cases of intimidation of journalists, the report cautioned, “If a government cannot protect freedom of expression – but instead tries to curb it – so will all others.” rights have a direct bearing.” According to the report, the Imran Khan government, in collaboration with the army, had taken brutal action on journalists whenever someone wrote against them.
According to the publication, the real face of Imran Khan and his associates in khaki has been lost in the noise of petty politics and mud-slinging that has made Pakistan a laughing stock in the world.
As the report noted, “multiple incidents of forced disappearances and frequent police excesses targeting dissident voices. The dissidents remained a curse for the government as it intensified its attacks on those who thought it was a crime.” It was challenged in any way. The same thing happened to the marginalized sections of the society. Received end.”
Not only the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan but also US State Departmenthas said in its 2021 report that Islamabad witnessed a long list of human rights abuses such as unlawful or arbitrary killings, including non-judicial killings by the government or its agents; Forced disappearance by the Government or its agents; Cases of atrocities and brutal, its agents, in addition to severe restrictions on free expression and media, including violence against journalists, unreasonable arrests and disappearances of journalists.
Human Rights Watch’s 2021 report says an “atmosphere of fear” was created by both government security forces and terrorist groups.
According to the publication, the journalists chose to stop writing against Imran Khan’s government and the army.
Journalists who dared to step out of line were kidnapped, beaten, locked in secret prisons or barred from working.