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• Gilgit Baltistan (Pakistan)

  Pakistan / Gilgit-Baltistan: Advocate Ehsan Ali, a symbol of political sanity

  21 February 2018, by HUSSAIN Amir

  “What makes us think critically when we know the consequences [are] really harsh in this country,” says a political worker who wanted me to highlight the case of Advocate Ehsan Ali who was arrested from his residence in Gilgit last week for sharing a Facebook post (and has since been released on (...)

• Gilgit Baltistan (Pakistan)

  Pakistan / Gilgit-Baltistan : Dangerous politics – On the arrest of lawyer and rights activist Ehsan Ali

  20 February 2018, by The News (Pakistan)

  Yet one more arrest of a well-known lawyer and rights activist in Gilgit-Baltistan has highlighted how the Pakistani state continues to arrest activists working for human rights. Last weekend, Advocate Ehsan Ali, the president of the GB Supreme Appellate Court Bar Association, was arrested by (...)