Arrest of Islamabad activists unconstitutional: HRCP.

ISLAMABAD -- The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), while strongly condemning the arrest of at least 23 civil society activists and political workers in Islamabad, during a peaceful protest held on Tuesday to demand the release of civil rights activist Manzoor Pashteen, has said that that

arrest of Islamabad activists is unconstitutional.

According to a statement issued here on Wednesday, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan said that there is no indication that the protestors resorted to violence at any point, although video footage shows several of them being manhandled by the police.

HRCP believes that these actions were unconstitutional and have violated citizens' right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly. The arbitrary use of the charge of sedition under an archaic law to curb political dissent -...