Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have flouted international law by forcibly transferring Nawaz Sharif into exile in Saudi Arabia, Human Rights Watch said on Monday. The Pakistani government’s actions are a direct affront to the Pakistani constitution and a recent Supreme Court ruling, the HRW said in a press statement. According to Ali Dayan Hasan, HRW’s South Asia researcher, “General Musharraf has brazenly flouted international law in forcing Sharif back into exile. He has violated Pakistan’s constitution and defied a direct ruling of Pakistan’s Supreme Court. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have colluded in bundling a Pakistani citizen into a plane and forced exile.” The group pointed out that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which is recognised as reflective of customary international law, states: “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.” It also states that everyone has the right “to return to his country.”
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