Pakistan: Brutal State Repression Against Landless Farmers in Punjab

One million tenant farmers of Okara district in the Pakistani state of Punjab have been struggling for their land rights and face brutal repression from the military. The tenant farmers have tilled the land for almost a century but under a new contract system, they fear loss of their land and face hunger and malnutrition. In order to force the tenant farmers to make the new contract brutal force, killings and all forms of intimidation is being used against them by the military.

An international action is urgently needed to pressurise the military in Pakistan to stop their violent measures and give land titles to the tenant farmers. Write polite letters to the President of Pakistan with a copy to the Chief minister of Punjab and ask them to respect and protect the tenant farmers’ right to feed themselves.