(THE NEWS)
LAHORE: Justice Project Pakistan (JPP), a non-profit organisation working for prisoners’ rights, on Monday furnished a report before the Lahore High Court pertaining to ordeal of Pakistani citizens jailed in Saudi Arabia.
The court was hearing a petition filed on behalf of 10 Pakistani citizens detained in Saudi Arabia. The report said the detained Pakistanis suffered rampant due to process violations, such as long period of detention without charge or trial, no access to legal assistance, pressure from the authorities to sign confessions and accept predetermined prison sentences, and ineffective translation services for defendants in the Saudi criminal justice system.
