Hameed Khan, the leader of the Quetta
civil secretariat strike, and the other arrested workers are still in jail. In Pakistan the PTUDC has stepped up
its nationwide activity. However, international pressure has proved in the past to be decisive in getting the
release of jailed trade unionists. Here we present three letters, written by Mikhail Doronenko from the Russian section of the
PTUDC, and sent to Pakistani President Musharraf, the federal interior minister, and
the governor of Buluchistan. We believe these to be model letters, and we encourage all our readers to follow
this example.
Hameed Khan, the leader of the Quetta
civil secretariat strike, and the other arrested workers are still in jail. In Pakistan the PTUDC has stepped up
its nationwide activity. However, international pressure has proved in the past to be decisive in getting the
release of jailed trade unionists. Here we present three letters, written by Mikhail Doronenko from the Russian section of the
PTUDC, and sent to Pakistani President Musharraf, the federal interior minister, and
the governor of Buluchistan. We believe these to be model letters, and we encourage all our readers to follow
this example.
Nazar Mengal, a leading PTUDC activist, is playing a key role in the
present strike movement in Baluchistan. The authorities have moved him
to a remote village and issued him with a show-cause notice. After the
brutal repression of the civil secretariat
strike the state does not want retaliation from elsewhere in
Baluchistan, and they are targetting the PTUDC in particular.