e-3046 (Foreign affairs)
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
- Amar Fayaz, a Progressive Youth Alliance activist in Pakistan, was taken into custody by Pakistani security services on November 8, 2020, outside Liaqat Medical University in Jamshoro, and still has not reappeared;
- Amar Fayaz’s family, wife and daughter have not been made aware of his location;
- No charges have been brought against Amar Fayaz in a public court;
- Amnesty International and other organisations haved reported that enforced disappearances, extra-judicial killings, violence against women, media censorship and the harassment of ethnic and religious minorities continue to take place in Pakistan; and
- Guaranteeing the political and democratic rights of all people, regardless of where they live, is of fundamental importance in upholding human dignity and the inalienable nature of human rights.
- Open for signature
- December 21, 2020, at 9:27 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- January 20, 2021, at 9:27 a.m. (EDT)