Pakistan

'Off the record' secret CIA detention - 7 June 2007

At least 39 individuals who remain missing are believed to have been subjected to enforced disappearance by the US authorities.

The secretive and illegal US programme of 'rendition' - 5 April 2006

Salah 'Ali Qaru finally emerged free from detention around midnight on 27 March. In nearly three years, the 27-year-old Yemeni was tortured in Jordan, flown from count

United action for human rights in Pakistan - 16 November 2007

People around the world took to the streets on Thursday to call for the restoration of human rights and justice in Pakistan. 

Women protesters face police batons in Pakistan - 14 November 2007

Mass arrests and detention of political activists from opposition parties have taken place over the past three days across the country.

Hopes dashed for Pakistan's disappeared - 13 November 2007

On Tuesday 13 November 2007, Pakistan's Supreme Court was due to hear the cases of 485 individuals – all victims of enforced disappearance over the past six year

Anger grows at enforced disappearances in Pakistan - 8 December 2006

Despite growing anger in Pakistan at the practice of enforced disappearances, the government has still not acknowledged its responsibility for hundreds of people arbit

Opposition defiant in Pakistan despite arrests - 9 November 2007

Mass arrests of opposition activists in Pakistan have increased in scale to such a degree that it's reported that there are no places left in jails to hold them.

General Musharraf cracks down on opposition - 6 November 2007

The crackdown against pro-democracy activists in Pakistan continues, with reports of more arrests of protesters and police beatings of lawyers.

Wanted: al-Qa'ida suspects. $5000 reward. - 29 September 2006

The road to Guantánamo starts in Pakistan.