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PAKISTAN: Another Pakistani woman is killed, yet officials remain silent 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Radio Free Europe through the Gandhara website, written by Daud Khattak. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ———...

PAKISTAN/USA: Dr. Aafia Siddiqui should be pardoned from her sentence of 86 years 

Please sign the online petition urging President Obama to grant amnesty.   Dr. Aafia Siddiqui was arrested in March 2003 by Pakistani intelligence personnel and allegedly handed over to the Feder...

PAKISTAN: The real need to make torture a heinous crime under Pakistan law 

FOR PUBLICATION AHRC-ART-032-2009 June 26, 2009 An Article on the menace of torture in Pakistan by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: The real need to make torture a heinous crime under Pakis...

PAKISTAN: Rogued rule of law allows torture to exist 

Torture in custody is a very common phenomenon in Pakistan because of the rouged legal system and impotent rule of law. The laws of the land are silent on the issue of torture by the law enforcement a...

USA/PAKISTAN: Dr. Aafia Siddiqui is removed to a psychological facility and denied access to her family, lawyers and her government

According to information issued by the Ambassador for Pakistan in the United States Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, who was missing along with her three children since March 2003 and arrested by American military...

WORLD/PAKISTAN: Pakistani and US State authorities must release information on the two children of Dr. Aafia who remain missing

The alleged US arrest in July of Pakistan-US national Dr Aafia Siddiqui has left a series of unanswered questions about her missing children. With Dr Siddiqui now in US custody it is suspected that tw...

WORLD/PAKISTAN: UN must demand transparency from three states regarding the ambiguous arrest and detention of Dr Aafia Siddiqui and her three young children

While welcoming the release of 11-year-old Pakistani-American, Muhammad Ahmad, from the murky realm of US custody in Afghanistan, the Asian Human Rights Commission is still waiting for information on ...

WORLD/PAKISTAN: UN mechanisms must intervene in the case of an 11 year-old boy in extended US/Afghan detainment

The Asian Human Rights Commission is concerned to hear from the United States Department of Justice that an 11-year old boy, and US-Pakistani Citizen, Mohammed Ahmad, has been illegally detained in Af...

FORWARDED APPEAL (Pakistan): Appeal to President Zardari to comply with his promises for ensuring the release of Dr. Afia Siddiqui 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward an appeal from Aafia Movement regarding Dr. Aafia Siddiqui’s Upcoming appeal process, the role of the government, and the...