Between Two Rocks
For the last decade Peshawar has lived under increasing threat from the Taliban. As hostilities reach fever pitch, human rights issues have increased in tandem. Ordinary Pakistanis have never been more vunerable.
"Four of my colleagues were killed", tells Sarfaraz Hkan, a local music shop owner. The Taliban calls the music Hkan sells 'un-Islamic', and the bullet holes in his shop walls are a clear warning for anyone daring to go against Sharia law. With policemen being executed by the Taliban, it's understandable that they're reluctant to fight back but this lack of action makes "it seem the police is helping the Taliban." Meanwhile people are disappearing from Pakistan's streets and are being held in illegal detention centres. Aisha Masood's father disappeared 4 years ago. She's campaigned worldwide for the release of the illegally detained but she has no hope for the situation. "I just feel desperate."
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