Pakistan s Overcrowded Prisons Ravaged By Pandemic, Amnesty Says
December 14, 2020
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Pakistan’s handling of the coronavirus threat faced by tens of thousands of detainees held in overcrowded prisons has been severely criticized in a report by Amnesty International (AI) released on December 14.
The report, titled Prisoners Of The Pandemic: The Right To Health And COVID-19 In Pakistan s Detention Facilities, called for renewed efforts to free some categories of inmates, especially the elderly, women, and “prisoners of conscience.”
The Pakistani government has not fulfilled a pledge to ease prison overcrowding made when the pandemic first hit, said the joint report by the London-based AI and Justice Project Pakistan.
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By KATHY GANNONDecember 13, 2020 GMT
FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2012 file photo, a Pakistani paramilitary soldier stands guard on the rooftop as a police officer escorts prisoners at central prison on the outskirts of Rawalpindi, Pakistan. A joint human rights report by London-based Amnesty International and Justice Project Pakistan report released Monday, Dec. 14, 2020 harshly criticized Pakistan’s response to the coronavirus threat faced by tens of thousands of inmates living in overcrowded and often unsanitary prisons. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)
FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2012 file photo, a Pakistani paramilitary soldier stands guard on the rooftop as a police officer escorts prisoners at central prison on the outskirts of Rawalpindi, Pakistan. A joint human rights report by London-based Amnesty International and Justice Project Pakistan report released Monday, Dec. 14, 2020 harshly criticized Pakistan’s response to the coronavirus threat faced by tens of thousands of inmates l