Torture was confirmed in the post-mortem report of Tehreek-e-Insaf activist Ali Bilal. The board of doctors declared torture as the cause of Ali Bilal’s death. 37 marks of torture were found on the whole body of the victim.
Ali Bilal’s dead body was brought to the hospital in a black Vigo, M Services Hospital Dr. Mukhtar was transferred overnight.
Human Rights Watch and the international media have alleged that Pakistani police used colonial laws to justify the use of excessive force and bans on opposition protests.
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The post-mortem report of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf activist Ali Bilal, who died due to alleged torture by Lahore police, has come to the fore.
The forensic team of the General Hospital conducted the post-mortem of Ali Bilal under the leadership of Dr Owais, King Edward’s Dr Noreen was also part of the team – the post-mortem report found signs of torture
The post-mortem report confirmed the torture on Ali Bilal, the death of the PTI worker was due to excessive bleeding after a deep blow to the brain, the accumulation of blood in the liver and pancreas of the deceased Ali Bilal was also the cause of death. Report According to Ali Bilal, 37 marks of torture were found on his body.
According to the report, Ali Bilal’s blood pressure was extremely low due to accumulation of blood in the brain, his sensitive body parts were also tortured, a part of Ali Bilal’s skull was badly affected.
On the other hand, the MS Services Hospital, who identified the persons who brought the body of the deceased in the black van, was removed from the position. Instructions were issued to keep Bilal’s death a secret –
Meanwhile, the funeral prayers of Tehreek-e-Insaf worker Ali Bilal, who died last day, were offered at Baba Ground in which Farrukh Habib, Ijaz Chaudhary, Hammad Azhar, Azam Swati, Shafqat Mehmood, Mian Mahmood-ul-Rashid, Mian Aslam Iqbal, Umar Sarfraz. Cheema and other leaders participated.
As protests around Pakistan’s elections intensify, the police in Punjab province have cracked down on demonstrations, and one activist has allegedly died as a result of police torture. pic.twitter.com/5Hg3czXV7t
— Human Rights Watch (@hrw) March 9, 2023
On the other hand, Human Rights Watch has said in its statement on Twitter that the police in Punjab have cracked down on the protests after the protests intensified as the elections in Pakistan approached, and an activist was reportedly killed by the police. I have perished.
The statement added that the Pakistani police used colonial laws to justify the ban on opposition protests and the use of excessive force. There should be an immediate and impartial investigation into the deaths of the protesters.
On the other hand, the international media, including Amnesty International, also condemned the unjustified use of force on the Tehreek-e-Insaf protest and the ban on Imran Khan’s speech as a violation of freedom of expression. The international media prominently published the events that took place in Lahore.