American blogger Cynthia D Ritchie has said she will drop rape charges against PPP leader if party chairman Bilawal Bhutto apologizes.
In a tweet on Thursday, she reiterated her call that she will drop cases against PPP of online harassment including date and rape threats if he apologizes to her and other females. She has asked him to help young girls, Umm-e-Rabab Chandiyo and Nayab Sikandar Umrani for injustices against them. Chandio has been fighting a case against PPP’s feudal lord who had killed her father, uncle, and grandfather in a dispute.
Whereas, Umrani has taken refuge in Islamabad as she is an eyewitness to the murder of her family by her step-brother.
Dear @BBhuttoZardari; I have cases pending against PPP due to rape threats, kidnapping, blackmail threats against me & my family. I would be willing to forgive/drop my cases if you issue a statement condemning this behavior against women & help @JusticeforNayab @UmeRubabchandio.
— Cynthia D. Ritchie (@CynthiaDRitchie) March 17, 2021
He has asked Bilawal Bhutto to help both the young females fighting for justice for their families belonging to Sindh.
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“Dear @BBhuttoZardari; I have cases pending against PPP due to rape threats, kidnapping, blackmail threats against me & my family. I would be willing to forgive/drop my cases if you issue a statement condemning this behavior against women & help @JusticeforNayab @UmeRubabchandio,” said Cynthia Ritchie in a tweet.
Last year, she had claimed that former Interior Minister Rehman Maliks of PPP raped her. Her shocking claims brought her in hot waters as she faced strong resistance from PPP leadership following her claims.
Cynthia claimed the top leadership of PPP raped and manhandled her in 2011. She blamed Interior Minister Rehman Malik, Health Minister Makhdom Shahabuddin, and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani. In her shocking accusations, she claimed that PPP’s former Interior Minister Rehman Malik sexually assaulted her.
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She repeated her allegations in the Facebook live video. Moreover, she invited journalists to thoroughly investigate her assertions in the video. Cynthia D Ritchie elaborated her claims further on Twitter. She said the incident happened at the Interior Minister’s House in Minister’s Enclave in 2011. The incident happened around the operation of American forces against Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad. Hence, she could not pursue her case.
She said she discussed the incident with someone in the USA Embassy in 2011. Yet, she could not receive much help due to the complex and fluid relations between the USA and Pakistan following the OBL incident.
https://twitter.com/CynthiaDRitchie/status/1372481882915368961?s=20
She said she went there for a meeting purported for her visa. But, in the meeting, she received flowers and was given a drugged drink. She said she kept quiet for days since she believed nobody would help her pursue the case against Rehman Malik from the PPP’s government.
Since then, she claims to have been receiving threats from Pakistan People’s Party on social media.