Human Rights Abuses Rampant in Sindh: Report

Washington: Human rights violations, including disappearance of political and human rights workers, lack of press freedom, violence against minorities and women and the bulldozing of villages, are rampant in the Sindh province. This has been disclosed in the World Sindhi Institute's bi-annual report on human rights violations (in the province) during the first half of he current year. The report cited the abduction of members of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz, including that of Dr Safdar Sarki, Asif Baladi and Aakash Malah. Besides, three members of the press - Munir Sangi, Mukesh Rotena, and Sunjay Kumar - also lost their lives indicating lack of press freedom, the Daily Times quoted the report as saying.