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As Pakistan's deportation deadline for undocumented migrants nears, Afghans who have lived there for decades are looking for avenues toward the right to remain in the country.
The families of prisoners, many from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, say they struggle to pay for long journeys needed to visit their loved ones. They argue prisoners should instead be held in their home states.
Prisoners' families, many from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, say they struggle to pay for long journeys needed to visit the inmates. They argue that prisoners should instead be held in their home states.
2 minutes read Islamabad, Dec 17 (efe-epa).- Human rights activists on Thursday criticized a recent decree signed by the president of Pakistan allowing forced chemical castration for rapists. The measure by the government had come in response to a series of recent rape incidents in the country, which have caused widespread outrage among the population. “Chemical castration is cruel and inhuman. It is not a guarantee to end rape cases in the country,” spokesperson of the nonprofit Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Maheen Paracha, told EFE, adding that criminals too have human rights. ...