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India-Pakistan
Pakistan should "redouble efforts" on Shahzad murder probe: HRW
2012-01-31
The Human Rights Watch
... dedicated to bitching about human rights violations around the world...
(HRW) in a news release on Monday said that the inability of the commission, formed to investigate the death of Pak journalist Saleem Shahzad, in naming those responsible was a matter of concern.

The HRW moreover stated that the Pak government should "redouble efforts" to find responsibility for the death of the journalist who had reported that forces of Evil had infiltrated the military.

Shahzad, who used to worked for an Italian news agency and a Hong Kong-registered news site, had told the Human Rights Watch that he had been getting threats from intelligence agents.

"The commission's failure to get to the bottom of the Shahzad killing illustrates the ability of the ISI to remain beyond the reach of Pakistain's criminal justice system," said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch.

"The government still has the responsibility to identify those responsible for Shahzad's death and hold them accountable, no matter where the evidence leads."

The commission which didn't single out any person or organization for the murder, in turn, left the room open for further probe.

"The commission appeared fearful of confronting the ISI over Shahzad's death," said Adams.

"Shahzad had made it clear to Human Rights Watch that should he be killed, the ISI should be considered the principal suspect. He had not indicated he was afraid of being killed by bad boy groups or anybody else."

The ISI has in the past denied as "baseless" allegations that it was involved in Shahzad's murder.

Shahzad, a 40-year-old father of three, had vanished in May last year after leaving his home in Islamabad to appear on a television talk show, two days after writing an article about links between rogue elements of the navy and al Qaeda following an attack on a naval base.
Posted by:Fred

#4  One day we're all going to be hearing from the Djinn's lawyers.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2012-01-31 15:01  

#3  It was djinns, Steve.
Posted by: lotp   2012-01-31 14:27  

#2  And while you're at it, try and figure out if Benazir was whacked or simply underwent spontaneous human combustion.
Posted by: SteveS   2012-01-31 14:24  

#1  2 x 0 = 0
Posted by: Fat Bob Unotch3711   2012-01-31 10:32  

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