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Human Rights in ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN

New Pakistani president must improve human rights | Amnesty ...
10 September 2008

With the swearing in of Musharraf's successor, Asif Ali Zardari, thePakistani government should act immediately to reverse the country'shuman rights record.

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Pakistan: New president should reverse legacy of human rights ...
8 September 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 8 September 2008. AI Index No: ASA 33/024/2008. Pakistan: New president should reverse legacy of human rights abuses. ...

Document       ASA 33/024/2008

Protest launches tour against enforced disappearance in Pakistan ...
2 September 2008

On the 25th International Day of the Disappeared, Amnesty International and Amina Janjua, the founder of Defence of Human Rights, called upon the Pakistan governm

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The Wire, September 2008. Vol 38, No. 8
1 September 2008

1) Escaping prisoners killed in cold blood in Cameroon 2) Denying the undeniable: enforced disappearances in Pakistan 3) Fears of forced returns to Eritrea 4) Arrest ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/008/2008

Asia Pacific: Enforced disappearances in the Asia Pacific Region ...
28 August 2008

This brief report provides information on enforced disappearance in six countries in the Asia Pacific region. Insights into the situation of enforced disappearances ...

Report       ASA 01/010/2008

International Day of the Disappeared: Global Reach: Regoinal case ...
28 August 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. CASE STUDIES. PUBLIC. AI Index: POL 36/001/2008. August 28 2008. International Day of the Disappeared. Global Reach ...

Document       POL 36/001/2008

Pakistan: Act now for Masood Janjua
1 August 2008

This appeal focuses on Masood Ahmed Janjua, a businessman from Rawalpindi, who “disappeared” on 30 July 2005 while travelling on a bus to Peshawar with Faisal ...

Document       ASA 33/020/2008

Pakistan: Enforced disappearances: Disappeared justice in Pakistan
1 August 2008

Since late 2001, hundreds of people suspected of links to terrorist activity have been arbitrarily detained in Pakistan and held in secret facilities. Denied access ...

Document       ASA 33/022/2008

Pakistan: Act now for Atiq-Ur Rehman
1 August 2008

Atiq-ur Rehman, a 29-year-old scientist and officer of Pakistan’s Atomic Energy Commission, was apprehended in Abbotabad, North West Frontier Province on 25 June ...

Document       ASA 33/021/2008

Pakistan: Denying the Undeniable: Enforced Disappearances in ...
23 July 2008

In 2006 the Supreme Court took up regular hearings of petitions filed on behalf of Pakistan's 'disappeared'. However, in November 2007, Pervez Musharraf imposed ...

Report       ASA 33/018/2008