1. Guarantee in all circumstances the physical and psychological integrity of Mr. Muneer A Malik, Mr. Aitzaz Ahsan, Mr. Tariq Mahmood, Mr. Ali Ahmed Kurd, Ms. Asma Jahangir, Ms. Hina Jilani, should she return to Pakistan, all HRCP members as well as of lawyers and magistrates currently detained or under house arrest;
   
   
2. Take prompt action in order to locate Mr. Tariq Mahmood and Mr. Ali Ahmed Kurd, make public their whereabouts, and ensure their immediate release;
   
   
3. Put an end to the house arrest of Ms. Asma Jahangir and release immediately and unconditionally Mr. Muneer A Malik and Mr. Aitzaz Ahsan, as well as all other defenders who are currently detained, since their detention is arbitrary as it merely aims at sanctioning their human rights activities;
   
   
4. Cancel the warrant of arrest issued against Ms. Hina Jilani as it seems to merely aim at sanctioning her human rights activities;
   
   
5. Conduct an immediate, independent and impartial investigation into the above-mentioned allegations of torture in order to identify those responsible, bring them to justice and sentence them according to the law;
   
   
6. Put an end to all acts of harassment, including at the judicial level, against all human rights defenders in Pakistan;
   
   
7. Conform with the provisions of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 9, 1998, especially its article 1, which states that “everyone has the right, individually and in association with others, to promote and to strive for the protection and realisation of human rights and fundamental freedoms at the national and international levels” and article 6, which states that “everyone has the right, individually and in association with others: to know, seek, obtain, receive and hold information about all human rights and fundamental freedoms (...), freely to publish, impart or disseminate to others views, information and knowledge on all human rights and fundamental freedoms and to study, discuss, form and hold opinions on the observance (...) of all human rights and fundamental freedoms and, through these and other appropriate means, to draw public attention to those matters”.
   
   
8. Ensure in all circumstances respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in accordance with international human rights standards and international instruments ratified by Pakistan.

Addresses:

• General Pervez Musharraf, President, Pakistan Secretariat, Islamabad, PAKISTAN, Fax: +92 51 922 4768/ 920 1893 / 1835 / +92 51 9221422; E-mail: via website: http://www.presidentofpakistan.gov.pk/WTPresidentMessage.aspx



• Mr. Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, Minister for the Interior, Ministry for the Interior, Room 404, 4th Floor, Block R, Federal Secretariat, Islamabad, Pakistan, Fax: +92 51 9202624, E-mail: minister@interior.gov.pk / secretary@interior.gov
  
  
• Mr. Zahid Hamid, Minister of Law, Justice and Human Rights, Room 305, S-Block, Pakistan Secretariat, Islamabad, Pakistan, Fax: +92 51 9202628 / +92 51 9201631, E-Mail: minister@molaw.gov.pk
• Mian Kurshid Mahmud Kasuri, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad, PAKISTAN, Tel: +92 51 92 10 335, Fax: +92 51 920 7600
  
  
• Ghulam Safdar, Joint Secretary for Law, Justice and Human Rights, Islamabad, PAKISTAN, Tel: +92 51 921 1278, Fax: +92 51 920 1631
  
  
• Ambassador Masood Khan, Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations in Geneva, Rue de Moillebeau 56, Case postale 434, 1211 Geneva 19, Switzerland, E-mail: mission.pakistan@ties.itu.int, Fax: +41 22 734 80 85
  
  
• Embassy of Pakistan to the EU in Brussels, 57 avenue Delleur, 1170 Watermael-Boitsfort, Belgium, Fax: + 32 2 675 83 84 / +32 2 675 8394
  
  
• Conform with the provisions of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 9, 1998, especially its article 1, which states that “everyone has the right, individually and in association with others, to promote and to strive for the protection and realisation of human rights and fundamental freedoms at the national and international levels” and article 6, which states that “everyone has the right, individually and in association with others: to know, seek, obtain, receive and hold information about all human rights and fundamental freedoms (...), freely to publish, impart or disseminate to others views, information and knowledge on all human rights and fundamental freedoms and to study, discuss, form and hold opinions on the observance (...) of all human rights and fundamental freedoms and, through these and other appropriate means, to draw public attention to those matters”.

• Ensure in all circumstances respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in accordance with international human rights standards and international instruments ratified by Pakistan.