World News | Human Rights Group Accuses Pakistan of Using Afghan Refugees as ‘political Pawns’ | LatestLY

Islamabad [Pakistan], November 11 (ANI): Amid the deportation drive initiated by the Government of Pakistan against Afghan illegal immigrants, Amnesty International urged the government to “halt the continued detentions, deportations, and [alleged] widespread harassment of Afghan refugees,” The Express Tribune reported on Saturday. Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom. Also Read | British Couple on Holiday in Egypt Die From Poisoning After Room Next Door Sprayed for Bedbugs. The Pakistan-based news daily reported quoting Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Campaigns for South Asia, Livia Saccardi, accused Pakistan of using Afghan refugees as “political pawns”. She also emphasised that the Afghan refugees face risk as they return to…

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