{"id":17445,"date":"2023-10-24T11:22:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T11:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/slain-journalist-arshad-sharifs-wife-sues-kenyan-police-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2023-10-24T11:22:14","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T11:22:14","slug":"slain-journalist-arshad-sharifs-wife-sues-kenyan-police-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/slain-journalist-arshad-sharifs-wife-sues-kenyan-police-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Slain journalist Arshad Sharif’s wife sues Kenyan police | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The widow of slain journalist Arshad Sharif who was shot dead by police in Kenya after he fled arrest in Pakistan has filed a lawsuit against Kenyan police on Monday, her lawyer said.<\/p>\n

Arshad Sharif\u00a0died when Kenyan police opened fire on his car at a roadblock outside the capital Nairobi in October last year.<\/p>\n

Javeria Siddique, one of Sharif’s two wives, told AFP<\/em> in Islamabad last week that she was filing a lawsuit.<\/p>\n

Her lawyer confirmed it had been lodged at Kenya’s High Court on Monday, a year to the day since the late-night killing.<\/p>\n

“Yes. The case has been filed,” lawyer Ochiel Dudley told AFP in Nairobi, adding that they were waiting for a case number and further instructions from the court.<\/p>\n

“It has been a year that I have been fighting for justice,” Siddique said.<\/p>\n

“The Kenyan police admitted that they killed my husband but never apologised.”<\/p>\n

Last year, Kenyan officials said it was a case of mistaken identity and officers believed they were firing on a stolen vehicle involved in an abduction.<\/p>\n

Siddique, however, alleges her husband was killed in a “targeted attack”.<\/p>\n

“I have written to the Kenyan president and foreign minister but they were not even kind enough to say sorry,” she added.<\/p>\n

Read<\/strong> Pak asks Kenya to facilitate probe into Sharif\u2019s murder<\/a><\/p>\n

Tens of thousands of mourners attended Sharif’s funeral at Islamabad’s main mosque.<\/p>\n

Pakistan’s top court has taken note of the murder but the case is still pending.<\/p>\n

In December, a factfinding team of Pakistani intelligence officials submitted a report to the Supreme Court calling the incident a “planned, targeted assassination” that purportedly involved “transnational characters”.<\/p>\n

Press freedom campaign groups have called for those responsible to face justice.<\/p>\n

Pakistan is ranked 150 out of 180 countries in a press freedom index compiled by Reporters without Borders, with journalists facing censorship and intimidation.<\/p>\n

“Throughout the past year, I have endured financial and emotional losses and have even been subjected to character assassination,” Siddique said.<\/p>\n

Police in Kenya are often accused by rights groups of using excessive force and carrying out unlawful killings.<\/p>\n

Last year, President William Ruto disbanded a feared 20-year-old police unit accused of extrajudicial killings and the government has said it is embarking on reforms of the security sector.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n