Index Number: ASA 33/8576/2024 Amnesty International submits this information to the UN Human Rights Committee (the Committee) in advance of its consideration of the second periodic report of Pakistan at the 142nd session of the Committee scheduled to be held between 14 October to 8 November 2024. This submission emphasizes human rights issues in relation to Pakistan’s Weiterlesen
PAKISTAN: AUTHORITIES MUST IMMEDIATELY RELEASE IMRAN KHAN FROM ARBITRARY DETENTION
ASA 33/8507/2024 5 August 2024 marked one year since former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s detention following his conviction for non declaration of assets obtained as gifts while he was Prime Minister between August 2018 to April 2022 in a case, commonly referred to as ‘Toshakhana I’ case, brought by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).1 Weiterlesen
Pakistan: The new Peaceful Assembly and Public Order Act threatens the right to protest
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