ISLAMABAD: The arrested US human rights activists, who protested against the house arrest of Pakistani lawyer, have been ordered to leave Pakistan on Tuesday night. Two US human rights activists Tighe Barry and Medea Benjamin came to Pakistan some days back and set up a camp outside the residence of prominent lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan seeking his release from house arrest.
Later on Tuesday evening, police arrested both the activists and shifted them to some undisclosed location. Afterwards, they were handed over to US embassy official from Race Course Police Station. On this occasion, police stopped the journalists from entering the police station.Appearing from the police station, the human rights activists said they are being deported under emergency law. They said the Home Department did not show any deportation order and they are being expelled from Pakistan by Ittihad Airlines.
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