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Law and order: ‘Robber’ beaten to death
BAHAWALPUR: A man died in police custody on Saturday after he was caught and beaten by a mob in Khairpur Khadali. A police spokesman said three men – Safdar, Ejaz and Hasnain – had broken into Sultan Chachar’s house late on Friday night. He said they were stealing valuables when Chachar’s family woke up and called […]
Syria: Finally free, Mazen Darwish must now be acquitted
Paris-Geneva, 10 August 2015 – The release today of prominent human rights defender Mazen Darwish, after three years and a half of detention, is a great relief, said the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders. Despite his release, Mazen Darwish, like his colleagues Hussein Ghrer and Hani al-Zaitani, has been charged with “publicising […]
AZERBAIJAN Journalist Rasim Aliyev murdered as human rights crackdown continues in aftermath of European Games
10 August 2015 – The Sport for Rights coalition, of which FIDH and OMCT are members within the framework of the Observatory, resolutely condemns the brutal murder of Azerbaijani journalist Rasim Aliyev, who died on 9 August in a Baku hospital, after he was severely beaten on 8 August by a group of people. Rasim […]
MQM protests in parliament against ‘extra judicial killings’
ISLAMABAD: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement protested in the National Assembly and Senate on Monday against the alleged extrajudicial killings and persecution of its workers and Urdu-speaking people by Rangers during the ongoing operation in Karachi. The MQM members staged a token walkout from the National Assembly when the speaker did not allow them to move […]
Police ordered to recover minor from ‘illegal custody’
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court Thursday directed the police concerned to recover minor daughter of a Malaysian woman from ‘illegal’ custody of her paternal grandmother in Faisalabad. Justice Farrukh Gulzar Awan directed the DSP Nishatabad to produce the girl and the grandmother on Aug 10. Malaysian woman has moved the Lahore High Court for recovery of […]
Police custody leaves deep wounds on man
LAHORE: On July 30, Kot Lakhpat police picked up Rasheed, 50, of Javed Colony. After three days, when police released him saying that he was captured mistakenly, Rasheed, a roadside vendor, had a bruised, tortured, swelled body, and horrible tale about police torture. A medical report confirmed on Monday the middle-aged man was severely tortured. […]
