IDPs face discrimination, can’t access aid, says Amnesty
Saturday, July 4, 2009
The News International, Pakistan, Saturday, July 04, 2009
ISLAMABAD: More than two million people who have fled fighting in north-western Pakistan do not have access to aid distributed in official displacement camps, the Amnesty International (AI) warned on Friday. Ethnic Pashtuns, who have fled fighting also face discrimination from host communities, said the AI, as it called on the Pakistani government to ensure that ethnic Pashtuns fleeing to other provinces of Pakistan are not discriminated against.
According to a release, Asia-Pacific Director of the Amnesty International Sam Zarifi said: “As the fighting expands to North and South Waziristan, a displacement crisis that the government had said would last only for weeks looks set to go on for months, with no relief in sight for the millions of displaced people.”
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ISLAMABAD: More than two million people who have fled fighting in north-western Pakistan do not have access to aid distributed in official displacement camps, the Amnesty International (AI) warned on Friday. Ethnic Pashtuns, who have fled fighting also face discrimination from host communities, said the AI, as it called on the Pakistani government to ensure that ethnic Pashtuns fleeing to other provinces of Pakistan are not discriminated against.
According to a release, Asia-Pacific Director of the Amnesty International Sam Zarifi said: “As the fighting expands to North and South Waziristan, a displacement crisis that the government had said would last only for weeks looks set to go on for months, with no relief in sight for the millions of displaced people.”
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Labels: Amnesty International, IDPs, Swat Operation
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