Joint UN-Afghan Election Board Condemns Murder
Joint UN-Afghan Election Board Condemns Murder, Abduction Of Poll Workers
New York, Jul 25 2005 12:00PM
The joint
United Nations-Afghan body handling elections in Afghanistan
The Joint Electoral Management Body
(<"http://www.jemb.org/">JEMB) said it unclear what the
motive was in the death of a civic educator employed by the
Tribal Liaison Office, one of our partner non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) in the civic education process, who was
shot dead in Paktika province last Wednesday by at least two
men on motorbikes - whether he was targeted for his election
work or for other reasons is not yet known. “The Joint
Electoral Management Body however condemns in the strongest
terms any violence against people working to bring democracy
and stability to Afghanistan,” JEMB International
Spokesperson Bronwyn Curran said, noting that the latest
murder was the fourth of an Afghan working in support of
elections this year. It was also not clear in the three
other cases if they were targeted because of their
involvement in elections or for other reasons. The JEMB
also condemned the abduction of two election workers and
another man not connected with elections in Nuristan
province, when some 80 men abducted them at 3 a.m. on
Friday. All three were released unharmed on Saturday
morning. The identity of their abductors remains unknown.
ENDS