Pakistan: Rights group calls for release of activist Professor Muhammad Ismail ahead of bail hearing ANI | Updated: Mar 02, 2021 17:08 IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], March 2 (ANI): A civil rights group has demanded that the bail application of Pakistani human rights defender Professor Muhammad Ismail should be accepted by the Peshawar High Court on March 5 and the charges against him and his wife, Uzlifat Ismail, should be dropped immediately.
On March 2, Professor Ismail would have spent one month in prison.
The Global civil society alliance CIVICUS also called on Pakistani authorities to stop persecuting and intimidating other members of his family.
Professor Muhammad Ismail was arrested on February 2, 2021 after the Anti-Terrorism Court in Peshawar cancelled his interim pre-arrest bail. On February 4, the professor was chained and taken to his family home in Marghuz village, Swabi District.
Rights group calls for release of activist Muhammad Ismail
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