Authorities disappeared Idris for documenting human rights abuses. Help us free
him.

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ACT NOW: DEMAND JUSTICE FOR IDRIS


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Dear John,

Idris Khattak spent decades documenting human rights abuses in Pakistan,
including abductions committed by the state, also known as enforced
disappearances. He worked for Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.

Last November, he himself was disappeared while driving home from work. It wasn’t until several months ago that authorities finally admitted they were
holding him behind bars, intending to charge him with espionage — where he could
face the death sentence.

Idris’s daughters still don’t know where their father is, or even if he is safe. Please, join us in sending your letter to the Ambassador of Pakistan: demand
the immediate release of Idris Khattak.
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FREE IDRIS
[[link removed]]In a cruel twist, Idris was likely targeted because he is an expert on enforced disappearances. And Pakistani authorities seem willing to do nearly everything in their power
to silence human rights defenders like him. But you and I know that enforced
disappearances are a crime.

Amnesty has been able to shine a light on Idris’s case — his daughter, Talia,
worked with Amnesty to demand a response from authorities. After consistent
pressure, they finally admitted that he was in their custody in an undisclosed
location, facing spy charges.

Will you join us to demand his freedom? Send an urgent letter to the Pakistani
Ambassador today.
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Idris’s case is just one of seven in Amnesty’s annual Write for Rights campaign,
our international letter-writing campaign where people send hundreds of thousands of letters to help free prisoners of conscience and human
right defenders worldwide.

John, we know that writing these letters matters.
They help bring international pressure to demand justice — and they remind these
individuals and their families that they are not forgotten. Over the past seventeen years of Write for Rights, Amnesty supporters have
taken over 30 million actions and we’ve helped free dozens of people unjustly held.

TAKE ACTION
[[link removed]]Idris isn’t just an important human rights activist. His daughters describe him
as an ‘enthusiastic but terrible’ cook. He breeds chickens and loves talking to
them. He speaks Russian and reads voraciously. His daughter Talia told us, “I only dream of him walking into the room to be with us again. We deserve
answers, and he deserves the protection of the law.”

When enough of us speak up, we can secure human rights victories — and we can
protect human rights defenders. That’s why I’m so grateful to call on you,
John, to help Amnesty win freedom for Idris and so
many others.

Thank you for always speaking up when it matters most.

Sincerely,

Andrew Fandino

Senior Program Officer, Individuals at Risk
Amnesty International USA

P.S. Are you an educator, or do you know an educator that might want to write
letters as a classroom activity? We’ve developed a set of exclusive,
complementary educator’s guides that you can easily use to engage your students
in: write.amnestyusa.org/classroom/
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