HYDERABAD: A group of liberated peasant families staged a protest demonstration outside the local press club on Saturday along with a represent ative of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) seekinglegalprotection.

HRCP coordinator Ghufrana Arain said that Shrimati Gudi, her husband Krishan and other peasants had gone missing some time back and were found in the captivity of a landowner. She said that they were kept in wrongful confinement by the landowner who did not pay them their dues for three years and was forcing them into bonded labour.

She said under court`s order, they were freed with HRCP`s assistance but after their release, an attemptwas made to kidnap them again from near Karachi railway station.

She said they reached some other place but four of them were kid-napped. She said they needed legal protection and release of remaining peasants, including Shiva, Manu, Parkash and Raju Bheel.