Idris Khattak Explained

Idris Khattak
Birth Place:Pakistan
Disappeared Place:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Disappeared Status:Imprisoned after a conviction by military court
Nationality:Pakistani
Children:2
Known For:Human rights work

Idris Khattak is a Pakistani human rights activist.[1] [2] [3] [4] In early December 2021 a military court sentenced Khattak to 14 years in prison for espionage.[5] [6]

Life

Idris Khattak was born in December 1963.[7] He had previously worked for Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch[8] on a wide range of topics including people illegally disappeared by the military. He holds a PhD in anthropology from Saint Petersburg.[9] [10]

Khattak has two daughters, Shumaisa and Talia.[11] [12]

Abduction

Khattak was abducted by four individuals on the Swabi motorway interchange in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on 13 November 2019.[13]

He was kept in solitary confinement since November 2019 by military intelligence in Pakistan, although in February 2021 Amnesty International reported the Peshawar High Court had denied Khattak's appeal to be tried in a civilian court and that his hearing would instead take place in a military court.[14] [15]

Conviction

He was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment in a secret military court trial in late-2021, not being allowed to defend his case.[16] Human Rights Watch condemned the sentencing, saying that "Pakistan's security forces have with impunity long carried out enforced disappearances" and calling for him to tried publicly in a civilian court.[17] Amnesty International called the sentencing "the culmination of a shameful two-year process that has been unjust from start to finish" and saying that "enforced disappearances must, once and for all, be put to an end."[18]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Pakistan: Human rights activist Idris Khattak missing since last year, Pakistanis demand action from government. gulfnews.com. Falah Gulzar. 30 April 2020. 21 May 2020.
  2. News: Human-rights activist Idris Khattak goes 'missing' in Swabi. nation.com.pk. 22 November 2019. 21 May 2020.
  3. News: Missing rights. dawn.com. Huma Yusuf. 4 May 2020. 21 May 2020.
  4. News: Rights activist Idris Khattak abducted by unidentified men at karak Interchange, says driver. dawn.com. Sirajuddin. 18 November 2019. 21 May 2020.
  5. Web site: Military court convicts rights activist of espionage. 5 December 2021.
  6. Web site: 2021-12-06 . Pakistan Sentences Rights Defender to 14 Years in Prison Human Rights Watch . 2024-01-29 . en.
  7. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/balochistan-insight/strange-case-of-idris-khattak-in-gaibistan-or-the-land-of-the-disappeared/ Times of India website, Strange case of Idris Khattak in ‘Gaibistan’ or the Land of the Disappeared, article by Ahmar Mustikhan dated Decdember 3, 2019
  8. https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/917567-the-curious-case-of-idris-khattak The News on Sunday website, The curious case of Idris Khattak, article by Farah Zia dated December 19, 2021
  9. Web site: Muhammad Idris khatak . Biography of Idris khatak .
  10. https://www.ibtimes.sg/who-idris-khattak-human-rights-activist-went-against-pakistan-over-forced-disappearances-47838 International Business Times, Who Is Idris Khattak? The Human Rights Activist Went Against Pakistan Over 'Forced Disappearances' , article by Gaurav Mishra dated July 2, 2020
  11. Web site: Where is Idris Khattak?. 2020-10-13. amnesty.org. en. 1 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201101034544/https://www.amnesty.org/en/get-involved/take-action/where-is-idris-khattak/. dead.
  12. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-53091199 BBC website, Idris Khattak: 'My father was taken and I don't know why' , article dated July 24, 2020
  13. Web site: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. 4 November 2021. 13 March 2020. hrcp-web.org. en.
  14. Web site: Pakistan: Further Information: Human Rights Defender Denied Civilian Court Trial: Idris Khattak. 5 November 2021. 9 February 2021. amnesty.org. en.
  15. Web site: PHC allows trial of rights activist by military court. 1 February 2021. The Express Tribune.
  16. News: Military court convicts rights activist of espionage . Dawn . 5 December 2021.
  17. Web site: 6 December 2021. Pakistan Sentences Rights Defender to 14 Years in Prison. Gossman. Patricia. 9 December 2021. Human Rights Watch.
  18. Web site: 6 December 2021. Pakistan: Family of enforced disappearance victim Idris Khattak must be given clarity. 9 December 2021. Amnesty International.

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