Pakistan: Further information on illegal detention/prisoner of conscience

Index Number: ASA 33/050/2007
Date Published: 30 November 2007
Categories: Pakistan

Asma Jahangir was released on 16 November 2007. Hina Jillani has returned to Pakistan but the 90-day detention order issued while she was abroad has not been enforced. At least 53 human rights activists were released on bail on 6 November, including Iqbal Haider, I. A. Rehman, Brigadier (rtd) Rao Abid Hameed, Shahtaj Qizilbash and Imran Qureshi.