(PPF/IFEX) – Hadi Sanghi, photographer for the Sindhi language daily “Kawish”, was beaten by police officers in the city of Larkana, in the southern province of Sindh, on 14 May 2001. Sanghi was covering the release from prison of Qadir Magsi, head of the nationalist political party Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party (STPP), along with his […]
(PPF/IFEX) – Hadi Sanghi, photographer for the Sindhi language daily “Kawish”, was beaten by police officers in the city of Larkana, in the southern province of Sindh, on 14 May 2001.
Sanghi was covering the release from prison of Qadir Magsi, head of the nationalist political party Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party (STPP), along with his eighteen associates. Sanghi noticed the jail staff beating a prisoner and started taking photographs. This annoyed Deputy Superintendent Aijaz Hyder, who started chasing him in an attempt to get his camera. However, the crowd that had come to receive the freed politicians protected Sanghi from being caught.
The police then started using tear gas and batons against the crowd. They managed to catch Sanghi and beat him severely. They also seized his camera and motorcycle. Prison authorities also registered a case against Sanghi and twenty-eight other persons for attacking the jail.