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The 55-page report, “A Nightmare for Everyone: The Health Care Crisis in Pakistan’s Prisons,” documents widespread deficiencies in prison health care in Pakistan and the consequences for a total prison population of more than 88,000 people. Pakistan has one of the world’s most overcrowded prison systems, with cells designed for a maximum of 3 people holding up to 15. Severe overcrowding has compounded existing health care deficiencies, leaving inmates vulnerable to communicable diseases ...

The overcrowding in jail makes inmates vulnerable to communicable diseases and also they don't have access to medical facilities, according to HRW report.

Middle East and North Africa (MENA): Double standards and weak international responses fuel repression

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Few days ago, we commemorated the 4th anniversary of the Nigerian Discrimination Against Persons With Disabilities (Prohibition) Act, which was assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari on January 23rd 2018. On 24th of August, 2020, President Buhari also established an Independent National Commission for Persons With Disabilities (NCPD), which is the first of kind in

Caracas, Mar 21 (Prensa Latina) The Government of Venezuela categorically rejected the most recent report on Human Rights from the United States Department of State, an issue used by Washington for its political convenience based on distorted narratives.

BY Dharshan Weerasekera In 2005, the Sri Lankan Supreme Court ruled in the seminal case Singarasa v. Attorney General (SC/SPLA/182/99) that the U.N. Human Rights Commission (the predecessor of today’s U.N. Human Rights Council) did not have jurisdiction, within Sri Lanka, to make recommendations on behalf of the petitioner. In doing so, the court decided […]

MARCH 12, 2023, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND: Bahamian United Nations (UN) Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) member, human rights expert and attorney, Marion Bethel, played a pivotal role in a landmark ruling for Filipina sexual slavery victims, during the 84th session of CEDAW. Bethel served as one member of five

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The calls to enact legislation 'Fagin's Law', named after one of the most controversial characters of English literature in Oliver Twist,