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"Aziz's family was sitting down for an evening meal in their cramped Islamabad hotel room when there was a knock at the door. When his nine-year-old daughter opened it, she was faced with a group of uniformed Pakistani police officers, clad in helmets and carrying rifles. Outside the hotel window, police vehicles lined the street. Around 50 officers were going door-to-door in the hotel, searching for people whose visas had expired or who were unable to prove they were due to leave the country soon."
A news organization seeks donations to fund on-the-ground reporting, investigative work, documentaries, and to keep reporting freely accessible without paywalls. The fundraising appeal emphasizes the importance of sending journalists to report from developing stories across issues like reproductive rights, climate change, and Big Tech. Aziz, a former Afghan commando approved for resettlement in Britain, and his family were staying in an Islamabad interim hotel awaiting relocation when Pakistani police conducted raids targeting people with visa issues. Within 48 hours many family members, including young children and a newborn, were rounded up and deported back to Afghanistan, exposing risks in interim resettlement arrangements.
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