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Who is Raza Khan, why is he missing, and why do I care?

From the Blog beenasarwar[image: FindRaza-Lahore-RahatDar] Lahore, Dec. 11: Protesting the disappearance of activist Raza Mahmood Khan. (Rahat Dar/European Pressphoto Agency/EFE/REX/Shutterstock) On Dec 2, 2017, a peace activist disappeared from Lahore. Raza Khan is one of over 1,400 missing persons in Pakistan whose cases the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances is hearing. Who is Raza Khan, why is he missing and why do I care? Raza Khan's disappearance, like that of Zeenat Shehzadi earlier, is part of a new phase of such illegal abductions in Pakistan, violating due process and rule of law. Targeting young people from ordinary backgrounds, without social capital or networks, signals a growing desperation to control the narrative on the military, religion and India. My piece, In Pakistan, pakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full PostComments

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