Pakistan: local government staff protest met with violence, arrest

Event
Country
  • Pakistan
Initial Date
Sep 4, 2024
Event Description

Several people were injured and around a dozen were detained during a protest by local government workers in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar. Police fired tear gas at the protesters after they broke through barricades to enter the high-security zone. The demonstrators were protesting the withholding of funds from local governments and denying them the authority to carry out development activities.

Impact of Event
1
Gender of HRD
  • Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
Violation
  • (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
  • Violence (physical)
Rights Concerned
  • Freedom of assembly
  • Freedom of expression
    • Offline
    • Online
  • Right to healthy and safe environment
  • Right to liberty and security
  • Right to Protest
HRD
  • Community-based HRD
Perpetrator-State
  • Police
Source

RFERL

Monitoring Status
Pending
Event Location

Latitude: 34.02183820530624

Longitude: 71.57531329784759

Event Location
Summary for Publications

On 4 September 2024, a number of local government workers were arrested by the police and responded with violence for protesting the withholding of funds for conducting development activities in Peshawar, Pakistan.