Soiled Hands:
The Pakistan Army’s Repression of the Punjab Farmers’ Movement

Map 1: Pakistan – Provinces

Map 2: Punjab – Districts

Table 1: Population Distribution across Okara District

I. Summary

II. Key Recommendations

III. Background

Struggle Against Eviction

“Ownership or Death”: Radicalization of the farmers’ movement

The Pakistan Rangers

The Response of the Pakistan Army

IV. Human Rights Violations

Killings

Bashir Ahmed

Mohammad Tufail Cheema

Salman Masih

Mohammad Amir

Torture

Muhmmad Iqbal

Muhammad Akram

Bashir Ahmad

Pervaiz

Torture and Beatings of Children

Arbitrary Arrest and Detention

Arbitrary Dismissal, Mistreatment, and Torture of Military Farm Employees

“Forced Divorce”

Restrictions on Freedom of Speech

V. International Law and Forced Evictions

VI. Recommendations

To the Government of Pakistan

To Donors and other International Actors

VII. Appendices

Appendix 1: Letter from Board of Revenue (BoR), Punjab, to Defense Ministry, Islamabad

Appendix 2: Divorce Deed of Basharat Mehmood

Appendix 3: Request for Confirmation of Divorce to Union Council

Appendix 4: Union Council’s Notice on Request for Confirmation of Divorce

Appendix 5: Union Council’s Notice on Receipt of Request for Cancellation of Divorce

Appendix 6: Affidavit from Basharat Mehmood Seeking Withdrawal of “Forced” Divorce

VIII. Acknowledgements

Vol. 16, No. 10(C)   July 2004

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