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Pakistan: Aasia Bibi verdict is a landmark victory for religious tolerance

Responding to the Pakistan Supreme Court’s decision to acquit Aasia Bibi, also known as Aasia Noreen, of blasphemy charges after...

Pakistan: Release Pashtun human rights defender immediately and unconditionally

Pakistan’s authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Gulalai Ismail, a Pashtun human rights defender, who was detained on her arrival...

Pakistan: Journalists should not be harassed or intimidated through criminal justice system

Pakistan’s authorities must ensure that the criminal justice system is not used to harass or intimidate journalists, Amnesty International said...

Pakistan: Alarming crackdown ahead of elections

The Pakistani authorities must end the current crackdown on human rights defenders, activists, journalists and other members of the civil...

Pakistan: Campaign of hacking, spyware and surveillance targets human rights defenders

Human rights defenders in Pakistan are under threat from a targeted campaign of digital attacks, which has seen social media...

Pakistan: Asma Jahangir leaves behind a powerful human rights legacy

Asma Jahangir was a brave champion of human rights who leaves behind a powerful legacy, Amnesty International said today, mourning...

Pakistan: End impunity for attacks on journalists

The attacks on Taha Siddiqui and other Pakistani journalists must be immediately and effectively investigated by the authorities, Amnesty International...

Pakistan: Village council ‘revenge’ rape order must prompt urgent reforms

The rape of a teenage girl ordered by a village council in ‘revenge’ for a rape allegedly committed by...

Pakistan: Lahore blast victims must get justice

Responding to a bombing near a vegetable market in Lahore that has claimed the lives of at least 11...

Pakistan: Quash conviction and death sentence for alleged blasphemy in Facebook post

Responding to an Anti-Terrorism court’s decision to convict and sentence to death a man for allegedly posting content on Facebook...

Pakistan: Military courts won’t deliver justice

Pakistan’s lawmakers must immediately reverse their decision to reinstate military courts, Amnesty International said today. Two months after their original...

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