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Karachi, Pakistan, Jun 8, 2012 \/ 02:20 am (CNA<\/a>).- The Catholic bishops of Pakistan are giving their \u201cfull solidarity and support\u201d to Asma Jahangir, a human rights advocate in Pakistan who says her life is being threatened by factions in the country\u2019s ruling establishment and intelligence services.<\/p>\n

\tPeter Jacob, executive secretary of the bishops\u2019 Justice and Peace Commission, praised Jahangir\u2019s commitment to \u201cfreedom of expression, legality for religious minorities, democracy and the rule of law,\u201d Fides reports.<\/p>\n

\tJahangir is the founder and former president of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, a non-governmental organization that is represented in the United Nations Council for Human Rights.<\/p>\n

\tShe told Deutche Welle that \u201cextremely reliable\u201d sources have told her that some in the government, including the Inter-Services Intelligence security agency, have planned to kill her.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cI am a very responsible person, and I do not usually make these kinds of allegations,\u201d she said. \u201cI have been threatened many times in my life but I never went to the police and never made any hue and cry about it. I believe now it is my duty to speak up and say what is needed to be said.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has expressed \u201cserious concern\u201d about the allegations and has appealed to the international community.<\/p>\n

\tThe threats are mainly due to Jahangir\u2019s recent commitment to issues in the West Pakistan province of Baluchistan, a site of rebellion where the armed forces have allegedly committed acts of lawlessness and abuse for some time, Fides news agency says.<\/p>\n

\tJahangir has denounced abductions, disappearances and extrajudicial killings of Baluchistan activists. Over 2,000 people are missing, and 550 terrorist acts have taken place in recent years. More than 100,000 people have fled because of the disorder.<\/p>\n

\tCatholic lawyer Naeem Shaker called for the condemnation of \u201cany form of intimidation, violence and oppression\u201d against those committed to human rights in Baluchistan.<\/p>\n

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