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Express Tribune: Unacceptable tactics
05 May 2016
Views: 2141
To torture deaths under detention is a somewhat common practice amongst our law-enforcement agencies (LEA), but this cannot be justified on any grounds. The death of Aftab Ahmed, a senior member of the MQM, earlier this week has once again brought to light the issue of use of excessive force by our LEAs to extract confessions from detainees. Pakistan is a signatory to Article 2.2 of the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Express Tribune Editorial 6th May
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Death in custody (Courtesy by Dawn)
05 May 2016
Views: 1958
Death in custody
WITH unbridled powers comes the inevitability of abuse. That symbiotic link has been illustrated, gruesomely and assertively, with the death on Tuesday of Aftab Ahmed, senior member of the MQM and Dr Farooq Sattar’s aide.
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MQM organizes protest against extra-judicial killing of workers
05 May 2016
Views: 2539
Muttahida Quami Movement has organized a series of protest at various places throughout the city, including Numaish Chowrangi, Liaquatabad No-10, 5-Star Chowrangi, and Hassan Square to protest against etra-judicial killings of at least 56 workers and arbitrary arrest of thousands of workers.
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