Pakistan

UPDATE: Pakistan: Protest against the state of emergency in Pakistan and brutal attacks on civil society

"General Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency in Pakistan on Saturday November 3, 2007 and imposed the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) that suspends the Constitution and the fundamental rights of citizens, gags the media and forbids any form of dissent. This has drastically upset the already frail political setup prevalent in the country.

Pakistan: Human Rights Defender Asma Jahangir still under house arrest in Pakistan

Hina Jilani, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, also awaits house arrest upon her return to Pakistan.

Pakistan: Asma Jahangir placée en résidence surveillée au Pakistan

D’ailleurs il est à craindre que le même sort soit réservé à sa sœur, Hina Jilani, Représentante spéciale du Secrétaire général des Nations Unies sur la situation des défenseurs des droits de l'homme, quand elle reviendra au pays d’un voyage à l’étranger.

Pakistan: Curbs on media condemned; Rights bodies demand immediate withdrawal of emergency proclamation

"These ordinances have been amended just to gag the free media which cannot be tolerated in a civilized society..."

Pakistan: Women's Action Forum - Peshawar condemns crackdown under emergency

The Women Action Forum (WAF) has condemned the crackdown launched by the military-led regime after the imposition of emergency.

Pakistan: "The Real Musharraf," by Asma Jahngir

Asma Jahngir, the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, and activist in Pakistan writes from under house arrest.

UPDATE: Pakistan: Letter to UN Special Rapporteurs Urging Action Against Martial Law

WLUML's letter to UN Special Rapporteurs and UN Human Rights Bodies expresses our alarm and grave concern regarding the mass arrests, ill-treatment and flagrant violations of the human rights of members of the judiciary, the legal profession and civil society that is currently taking place in Pakistan. We urge them to appeal to General Musharraf to restore the constitution, the judiciary, the media, and to end all arrests and violence against peaceful protests.

Pakistan: Civil Society condemns Emergency Law

Curbs on media condemned: Rights bodies demand immediate withdrawal of emergency proclamation.

Pakistan: Imposition of Martial Law - Arrests and detention of civilian activists and lawyers

Pakistan imposed a state of emergency in Pakistan on 3rd of November that has suspended the Constitution and has replaced superior courts in a move that could put the country's political future into disarray.

Pakistan: Vingt blessés dans un attentat contre un magasin de CD “contraire à l’islam”

Les militants intégristes partisans de l’application stricte de la loi islamique, la Charia, sont de plus en plus actifs dans la Province de la Frontière du Nord-Ouest (NWFP).