Amnesty appeals for Guantanamo man arrested in Pakistan
Afp, Washington
Amnesty International launched a global appeal Thursday after Pakistan arrested a freed Guantanamo prisoner after he wrote a book on his experience at the controversial US detention facility. The human rights group sent an "urgent action appeal" to its 1.3 million members worldwide to lobby governments and leaders, and press for the release of Abdur Rahim Muslim Dost, an Afghan national, poet and magazine editor. "We are expressing concern and fears for his safety and calling on the Pakistani authorities to reveal immediately where and in whose custody he is being held," said T. Kumar, Amnesty's Washington-based Asia-Pacific advocacy director. Muslim Dost's whereabouts are now unknown and "he is at risk of torture and disappearance," Kumar said.
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