Showing posts with label Rape of Bonded Laborers in Pakistan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rape of Bonded Laborers in Pakistan. Show all posts

Sunday, June 22, 2014

Seventy Two Released Bonded Laborers Second Night in the Open Sky by Advocate Veerji Kolhi and Zemira Eli Natan

Zemira Eli Natan
Executive Director
International Unity for Freedom and Equality



IUFE DEMANDS FOOD, SHELTER AND PROTECTION FOR THESE 72 VICTIMS OF
BONDED LABOR!



https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10204037005435919&set=vb.1547420085&type=2&theater

Video Courtesy of Advocate Veerji Kolhi




4th Day of Protest at Press Club Hyderabad  
72 Victims are facing starvation and have no shelter or Protection

Photo Courtesy of Advocate Veerji Kolhi


"Where is Minister Minority Gian Chand Esrani?  Fourth Day has passed at Press Club Hyderabad!  The children of the victims, recovered farmers will die for want of food and shelter!  They are passing their lives with death threats!"

------Advocate Veerji Kolhi-----

We at IUFE have the following question for Minister Minority Gian Chand Esrani!  How quickly would you arrive to provide food , shelter and protection for these 72 victims who have been threatened with death on a daily basis if this were his own family members?  Is Mr. Esrani worthy of his position as Minister Minority? This issue will be forwarded to the International Community and Human Rights Organizations to show Mr. Esrani's negligence and lack of concern for Human Life!  

Zemira Eli Natan
Executive Director
International Unity for
 Freedom and Equality


Advocate Veerji Kolhi
Convenor
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
President
Progressive Hindu Alliance

" Landlord  Zubair Sehito's 72 Bonded peasants who were freed by order of the  High Court of Sindh stayed for a second night under the open sky in front of Hyderabad Press Club in spite of Higher Court's order. No  security  has been provided to the dislocated peasants and their  families....."

-----Advocate Veerji Kolhi-----





The Current condition of the 72 Bonded Laborers recently freed by order of the 
High Court of Sindh
Outside Hyderabad Press Club with No Security and No Protection

Photo Courtesy of Advocate Veerji Kolhi


Police have still not responded to the demand of the 72 Bonded Laborers who were recently freed with the help of Advocate Veerji Kolhi.  This is the second night they have been exposed in the open sky with no security provided to protect them from harm!  It is quite ironic what one local newspaper  had to say about NGO's working to assist Bonded Laborers by bringing awareness  to Human Rights Organizations and the International Community.  The Article from the Pakistani Newspaper , The Pioneer is posted below:


In response to the claim made in this article by the Pakistani Publication The Pioneer. NGO means NON GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION! That means they are NOT receiving any money for the work they do! This is the first point. The second point is that the efforts of specific NGO's make the world aware of these cruel and inhuman practices that prevent people from living a free life or have access to their animals or their  personal possessions! The NGO's do much for the protection of these people! The world is aware that Bonded Labor must be stopped! That is due to Advocate Veerji Kolhi;s work and the work of those NGO's who are aware of people still being held in bondage in Pakistan! Reporting news in your own country is not enough! What are YOU doing those staff at Pioneer other than just reporting news? Are you helping these people in any way? Or are you just reporting news?

I notice that this newspaper seems to want to spread false information about NGO's that actively assist these people by raising the voice for their cases!  We will never be silent despite these false reports!  The paper is exposing the plight of these victims yet they are diminishing their suffering by offering no hope , no assistance , and no action to bring these people protection and security from being out in the open sky! Most of these victims are women and children and it is unacceptable that they are exposed to such danger after just receiving their freedom after 10 years of torture, rape, lack of food and severely harsh labor under cruel landlords! Without the international awareness about Bonded Labor that is circulated by the NGO's  and the work of our own Advocate Veerji Kolhi  , these cases would never be heard about in any other country except Pakistan and the Muslim Landlords who have no remorse but to torture, rape, snatch personal possessions and livestock would never be brought to justice!  Just setting the record straight!  IUFE will continue to provide awareness about these victims of Bonded Labor and actively work by Advocate Veerji Kolhi's side to bring about the end of the cruel practice of Bonded Labor forever!

Zemira Eli Natan
Executive Director
International Unity for Freedom and Equality

Advocate Veerji Kolhi
Convenor
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
President
Progressive Hindu Alliance







Friday, June 13, 2014

Advocate Veerji Kolhi Leads Protest and Press Club Hyderabad for Rape Victim By Zemira Eli Natan and Advocate Veerji Kolhi



Advocate Veerji Kolhi
Convenor
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
President
Progressive Hindu Alliance

"Constitution Petition has been filed in the High Court of Sindh with regard to the case of Tari d/o Kengho Kolhi.  The court has issued Notice for investigation into this matter.  The investigation officer will be contacted on 26 July 2014 and a full investigation into this matter will commence"

-----Advocate Veerji Kolhi-----


Copy of CP  Tari d/o Kengho Kolhi Case Pg. 1

Photo courtesy of Advocate Veerji Kolhi

Copy of CP Tari d/o Kengho Kolhi Case Pg. 2

Photo Courtesy of Advocate Veerji Kolhi


Copy of CP Tari d/o Kengho Kolhi Case Pg. 3

Photo Courtesy of Advocate Veerji Kolhi


Copy of CP Tari d/o Kengho Kolhi Case Pg. 4

Photo Courtesy of Advocate Veerji Kolhi

Copy of CP Tari d/o Kengho Kolhi Pg. 5

Photo Courtesy of Advocate Veerji Kolhi

Copy of CP  Tari d/o Kengho Kolhi Pg. 6

Photo Courtesy of Advocate Veerji Kolhi


Zemira Eli Natan
Executive Director
International Unity for Freedom and Equality

IUFE  compliments Advocate Veerji Kolhi on his tireless efforts to bring justice to Tari d/o Kengho Kolhi who was brutally raped by  two men, Hussain Laghari and Jagsi Kolhi nonstop every day for a period of seven months and who is currently with child!  The investigation for this case will commence on 26 July 2014 and we are hopeful that the court will punish these two men to the full extent of the law.  Rape is never acceptable for any reason! Victims are not the ones at fault for these heinous crimes!  Only the perpetrator is! Repayment of Debt is not a reason to commit a horrific crime such as this!.  A young girl in Pakistan does not have any means of self defense against more than one assailant!  It is very fortunate for her that she has an advocate such as Veerji Kolhi to help her come forward and register her complaint legally and without fear!  In Pakistan  the culture leads a girl to believe that if she comes forward to register a complaint about rape that it is a shameful act!  Tari is only to be commended for her bravery!  She did not remain silent!  Neither did her family.  We also, her friends at IUFE will be her voice and her support!  We are looking very forward to a very positive outtcome as Advocate Veerji Kolhi continues to pursue justice at every level in this case and to the highest degree.  We are with you Tari and Kengho  and we will never leave your side in this matter. We are your friends and we are always your support.  The link below is a Protest led by Advocate Veerji Kolhi at the Press Club Hyderabad to raise the voice for Tari and all rape victims who have endured the horrors of gang rape.


https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10203969647032001&set=vb.1547420085&type=2&theater


Advocate Veerji Kolhi
Convenor 
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
President Progressive Hindu Alliance

Zemira Eli Natan
Executive Director
International Unity for Freedom and Equality

Friday, June 6, 2014

!4 Year Old Girl Raped at Gunpoint for 7 Months By: Advocate Veerji Kolhi and Zemira Eli Natan

Zemira Eli Natan
Executive Director
International Unity for Freedom and Equality



Please watch Zemira Eli Natan's interview with Vlad Tepes regarding this case. She discusses the magnitude of this case and issues that make a case such as this so very serious when it occurs in a Muslim country.  Zemira provides an explanation of Bonded Labor and the condition in which the people enslaved live. Bonded Laborers are allegedly protected under the Bonded Labor Abolition Act of 1992, however often these laws do not provide protection to the bonded laborers becuase they do not understand or are not informed of their basic rights under this law.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvOWLRFmuhY

http://punjablaws.punjab.gov.pk/public/dr/BONDED%20LABOUR%20SYSTEM%20(ABOLITION)%20ACT,%201992.doc.pdf


The victim of this case, Tari D/O Khengo Kolhi and her father Khengo Kolhi is currently under Advocate Veerji Kolhi"s protection.  Advocate Veerji Kolhi will continue to challenge the accused in  this case in court until the accused are in police custody and a trial is set to bring the accused to immediate justice for RAPE at GUNPOINT!

According to a study carried out by Human Rights Watch there is a rape that occurs in Pakistan once every two hours and a gang rape that occurs  every eight!


IUFE DEMANDS THAT THE ACCUSED BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE IMMEDIATELY!  THIS CASE HAS BEEN PUBLICIZED INTERNATIONALLY AND FORWARDED TO AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROTECTION THE RIGHTS OF BONDED LABORERS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvOWLRFmuhY





Copy of FIR  for the Arrest of Hussain Laghari and Jagsi S/O of Hamero Kolhi Pg. 1

Photo Courtesy of Advocate Veerji Kolhi

Advocate Veerji Kolhi
Convenor
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
President
Progressive Hindu Alliance


-----IUFE UPDATE-----

Gang Rape Case-

Victim:  Tari D/O  Kengo Koli

Accused:  Hussain Laghari

                              Jagsi s/o Hamero Kolhi



IUFE Congratulates Advocate Veerji Kolhi for a successful day in Court.  We know Tari will receive justice for her suffering and her father will feel confident that the rapists who committed the horrific crime will be brought to Justice!


Advocate Veerji Kolhi with Tari and her father Khengo after a successful Day in Court

Photo Courtesy of Advocate Veerji Kolhi

 " In the matter concerning Tari D/O Kengho Kolhi.  7-8 Months ago Tari's mother received a snake bite.  Tari's father admitted her mother in the hospital. Her mother was hospitalized for 6 months.  Her father was with her mother in the hospital, so Tari was left alone for 6 months. After 6 months, Tari's mother died.  Her father took her mother's dead body to be buried at the gravesite in Nagarparkar.  When Tari's father came back from Nagarparkar,   he learned that the Landord's Manager, and Security Guard Jagsi S/O Hamero Kolhi had raped his daughter every day for 7 months at gunpoint.  The Landlord's manager and security guard, Jagsi S/O Hamero Kolhi raped Tari continuously for 7 months while Jagsi held her down with a gun pointed at her head.  Tari endured this terror daily for a period of 7 months time! Tari told her father what happened when he came home.  Her father took his daughter to Police Station Missan  to register  an FIR against the rapist.  FIR was registered today  Crime No. 7/2014, u/s 376. 506/2 PPC for Rape at Gunpoint."

-----Advocate Veerji Kolhi-----






Copy of FIR  for the Arrest of Hussain Laghari and Jagsi S/O of Hamero Kolhi Pg. 2

Photo Courtesy of Advocate Veerji Kolhi


14 Year Old Tari D/O  Khengo Kolhi
Rape Victim

Photo courtesy of Advocate Veerji Kolhi




Zemira Eli Natan
Executive Director
International Unity for Freedom and Equality




Advocate Veerji Kolhi
Convenor
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
President Progressive Hindu Alliance



"14 Year old girl Tari d/o Khengo Kolhi raped by Hussain Laghari for 4 months at gunpoint. She is now 7 months pregnant. Incident occurred at Village Missan Taluka Chamber District Tando Allahyar"
====Advocate Veerji Kolhi----



Advocate Veerji Kolhi has just notified IUFE of a crime that is one of many that are committed by Landlords in Pakistan.  14 Year old Tari, a mere child herself is placed in a position that will destroy her future and her life.  Hussain Laghari raped Tari for 4 months at gunpoint with no mercy.  She is now 7 months pregnant and her future is destroyed as a result!  What  compensation can be given that will make up for the violence and abuse that this young girl has endured?  There is none!  There is only bringing this Landlord and heartless rapist to justice for this terrible crime!  This girl is one of many in Bonded Labor who endure this.  The girls are given as a price for repayment of debt to the Landlord who continues to raise the debt incurred without any hope for the Bonded laborers to repay the debt.  They are then left helpless to watch the landlords take their daughters, use them and abuse them at gunpoint !  These crimes must be stopped immediately and we will do everything to make this public until the family and child to whom this crime was committed will receive proper justice in the arrest of this Landlord so that he may pay for his crimes.  IUFE supports Advocate Veerji Kolhi in his efforts to protect the members of his community and assist this family  during this time of suffering for them.  We will never be silent until we receive justice!





Advocate Veerji Kolhi

Convenor

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan


Zemira Eli Natan
Executive Director
International Unity for Freedom and Equality