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subject:	PAKISTAN: A book on Kashmir was banned and writer is threatened for his life by Islamic fundamentalist government of a province
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body text:	Dear [salutation], PAKISTAN: A book on Kashmir was banned and writer is threatened for his life by Islamic fundamentalist government of a province Name of the victim: Mr. Arif Malik, senior journalist from Mirpur, Azad Kashmir. Also a writer of 'Kashmir Ki Pukar' a book on the voice of Kashmir Names of the Perpetrators: 1. Government of North Western Frontier Province, Peshawer, Pakistan. 2. Chief Minister of NWFP government, Peshawer, Pakistan. 3. Chief Secretary, Government of NWFP, Peshawer, Pakistan. Period of intimidation: since 21 October 2006 to the present I am writing to you to show my deepest concern about unconstitutional ban of a book called 'Kashmir Ki Pukar' (loud voice of Kashmir) written by Mr. Arif Malik that was laid by the North Western Frontier Provincial government, and the continuous threats against Mr. Malik and his family by unknown persons. According to the information I have received, Mr. Arif Malik is a prominent journalist from Mirpur, the capital city of the Pakistani territory of Kashmir, and has worked with several newspapers in different cities in the country. He is also the editor of monthly magazine 'Bharosa' of Mirpur and that publication was also banned after the banning of his book was enforced by the North Western Frontier Provincial government on October 21. The book, 'Kashmir Ki Pukar' (the loud voice of Kashmir) has been largely circulated in Pakistan and it has given a different view about Kashmir's stand of the Pakistan government and the holy war in Kashmir on the both sides of India and Pakistan. In the book, the writer criticised the Muslim religious Parties and their leaders about their role in holy wars. Mr. Malik accused the government of Pakistan that they had treated Pakistani side of Kashmir as its colony not as an independent state. The territory of Pakistani Kashmir is governed by the ministry of interior of Pakistan and there is a parliament in the territory. However the elected members all have close connection to the government of Pakistan and the military intelligence service including the ISI. He also pointed out the role of the ISI in holy war of against India by referring several examples from the past. The audacious greediness of religious fundamentalist parties and its leadership was also criticised by him in the book and pointed out the privileges that those people had been enjoying over the propaganda that they made during the war urging youths in the country sacrifice their life for the holy war. In the book he also pointed out a cynicism towards the two-faced attitudes of the religious parties that once fought against Pakistan government for the rights of people in the Kashmir territory and called on the youth to sacrifice their lives for the so called 'holy war' against the imperialism of the United States. The religious parties now are catering to the extremist Pakistani government. The writer, Mr. Arif Malik is now facing threats to his life since his book was published. He tried to register a report with the police. However, the Mirpur police station refused to register the case. Instead the police officials said that because this is a high profile matter only high officials in the rank of Superintendent Police can register this type of case. The writer is receiving continuous threats not only from fundamentalists groups but also from some secret services of army particularly from the ISI. Mr. Malik and his family cannot move about freely after they started to receive threats and now they are taking shelter in different places. The government of NWFP instructed to police in the province to arrest the writer when they find him in the province. I regret to say that the banning of the book along with a governmental order to arrest the author of the book is a huge destruction of freedom of speech and the security of people engage in journalism. This case also tells another story of the inefficiency of Pakistani police in dealing with complaints from the citizens and protecting them from the imminent threats. Therefore, I urge you to take all necessary steps to provide the security for the author of the book and his family from the threats to their life. Moreover, the complaint made by Mr. Malik should be treated seriously by the police, and I urge the police to take any necessary actions to provide Mr. Malik and his family sufficient security. Also I urge your intervention to lift the unconstitutional order of hunting Mr. Malik imposed by the NWFP government immediately. I look forward to your immediate intervention to this case. Yours sincerely, [fullname] [country]

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