View from the courtroom: No law yet to specifically deal with torture cases
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Abused and Silenced: A Look at Data from Faisalabad
(TORTUREJPP) “Go commit suicide. Nobody is going to listen to you” These words have echoed through police stations in this country thousands of times. Beaten, abused and tortured, the...
Torture has become a lifestyle in Pakistan: Asian Human Rights Commission
MERINEWS – Anjan Kumar Samal To state that torture is endemic and rampant in Pakistan would be an understatement; torture has in fact become a lifestyle, a norm that...
Remembering Aftab: Aftab Bahadur’s killing is not only tragic, it is perverse
(THE GUARDIAN – Clive Stafford Smith) Aftab Bahadur was hanged at Central Jail Lahore (Kot Lakhpat), in the early hours of this morning. He was executed for a crime...
Pakistan and the Rights of the Child
THE NATION – Zainab Zeeshan Malik On 24-25 May, the Government of Pakistan was reviewed by the Committee on the Rights of the Child, regarding its implementation of the...
Torture rampant in Pakistan jails, police cells
(NEWS LENS PAKISTAN – Durdana Najam) Zainab Malik, heads advocacy at Justice Project Pakistan (JPP), told News Lens Pakistan that Ahmad’s death was just one example of custodial torture...
Aftab Bahadur’s killing is not only tragic, it is perverse
(THE GUARDIAN – Clive Stafford Smith) Aftab Bahadur was hanged at Central Jail Lahore (Kot Lakhpat), in the early hours of this morning. He was executed for a crime...