Pakistan

Human Rights in ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN

Pakistan faces displacement crisis as thousands more flee fighting ...
28 April 2009

At least 33000 civilians have abandoned their homes to avoid clashes between Pakistani security forces and the Taleban, joining over half a million already displaced

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Pakistan: Civilians Fleeing Fighting in Pakistan’s Lower Dir ...
27 April 2009

Thousands of civilians have abandoned their homes to avoid clashes between Pakistani security forces and the Taleban in the Lower Dir district of Pakistan’s.

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Pakistanis abused by Taleban speak out | Amnesty International
23 April 2009

People living in Buner, just 60 miles from the Pakistan capitalIslamabad, have revealed how abusive and repressive Taleban groups have seized the area, imposing ...

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Pakistan: People of Buner at mercy of Taleban | Amnesty ...
23 April 2009

Nearly 650000 Pakistanis living in Buner district, some 120 kilometres from Islamabad, are now at the mercy of abusive and repressive Pakistani Taleban groups that ...

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Judge Chaudhry to be reinstated in Pakistan | Amnesty ...
16 March 2009

Amnesty International has welcomed the announcement by President AsifZardari of Pakistan that Iftikhar Chaudhry will be reinstated as aSupreme Court judge.

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Pakistani government must protect Swat valley civilians | Amnesty ...
12 February 2009

An estimated 1200 have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced as a result of fighting between Pakistani Taleban groups and the military.

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Pakistan: Anniversary of Bhutto's Assassination Marks Failure of ...
24 December 2008

The first anniversary of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto on 27 December marks a year of failure by Pakistan’s leaders to investigate and bring to justice tho

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Pakistan: One year after emergency, legacy of abuses lingers on ...
31 October 2008

A year after General Pervez Musharraf unlawfully declared a state of emergency in Pakistan, the country is still suffering from the abusive policies he put in place ...

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Pakistan: Death Penalty: Zulfiqar Ali (m)
31 October 2008

Zulfiqar Ali was scheduled to be executed on 22 October 2008, but his sentence was not carried out, for reasons not known to Amnesty International. He could be ...

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Pakistan/Afghanistan: Thousands of displaced civilians in border ...
3 October 2008

Tens of thousands of civilians require immediate international humanitarian assistance as a result of escalating fighting on both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan ...

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