The Foreign Office should be protesting approximately the kidnap and torture of social media activists,not pandering to the generalsIn recent times Pakistani social media activists of a liberal, secular persuasion contain been abducted by agents of the state, or tortured then released after a few weeks. Invariably they then give up the blogging business: they discontinue criticising the country’s military establishment,or the militant religious groups long backed by the army as proxy warriors.
Last month saw another abduction of a peace activist in Lahore. A Marxist professor was found dead in Karachi yesterday. Related: Pakistani journalist who criticised military tells of attempted abduction Public disapproval from the UK would impose some cost at least on a deep state running amokContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com