Fwd: Pak polio plz pass on

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From: Nasra Hassan
To: Andrea Pfanze=ter, [redacted], Terje Rod-Larsen
Date: March 22, 2015 at 15:29:04 GMT+1
Subject: Pak polio plz pass on

Collective punishment applied for death of polio worker:

Subsequent to the IPI Report of 20 March 2015, and after the 18 March 2015 attack in which a polio worker was shot dead and another injured in Nawagai, a sensitive area of Bajaur tribal area very close to the Afghan border, Pak security forces & Levies demolished 8 houses belonging to tribesmen. This action was taken under the Frontier Crimes Regulation FCR (dating to British colonial times) under which collective responsibility is assigned & accordingly collective punishment is imposed: in addition to the demolition, 8 tribesmen were detained, their vehicles seized & their businesses shut down until the suspects in the attack are handed over. Plz note that the issue of application of collective responsibility & punishment, while still on the books, is against international law & very selectively applied. IPI is concerned that this will fuel more resentment against the polio eradication programme, in a poor, militant-beset tribal area, where tribesmen are caught between militants & security forces.

IPI Vienna