Tag: Rape
Rights Watch | 16th April 2022
Khichiwala police arrested two young men and are conducting raids to apprehend three more suspects for abducting and gang-raping a 14-year-old girl on April 13.
Rights Watch | 9th March 2022
Uch Sharif police have arrested 8 people for allegedly inducing a girl to commit suicide for marrying of her free will.
Rights Watch | 22nd February 2022
Punjab Minister for Social Welfare Yawar Abbas Bukhari on Monday said that the department was set to launch a new project to provide education and boarding to special children in the province. For more news on human rights issues, keep reading.
Rights Watch | 21st February 2022
Police have registered a case against a man for gunning down his sister-in-law and her alleged paramour for 'honour' on Sunday. For more stories on human rights, keep reading.
Rights Watch | 3rd February 2022
An Islamabad trial court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing into the Noor Mukadam case till February 7 after the cross examination of prosecution witnesses finally concluded. For more stories regarding human rights issues, keep reading
Rights Watch | 31st January 2022
17 people including two traffic police constables were injured when two unidentified motorcyclists hurled a live grenade near Subatpur Chowk in Dera Allahyar, Jaffarabad district, on Sunday. For more stories on human rights violations, keep reading.
UNCENSORED | Anti-Rape Legislation – Barriers to Implementation
Speaking on the lack of implementation of rape laws, panelists at the Asma Jahangir Conference 2021 – Challenges to Human Dignity held that there is a need to recontextualize rape as an exercise in power rather than simply a sexual crime, and called for removal of hurdles to implementation of existing anti-rape laws.
Rights Watch | 28th October 2021
A survey conducted in GB with the aid of UNICEF found that 1 in 7 children were engaged in labour.
Rights Watch | 27th October 2021
Police in Srinagar have booked students & staff of 2 Govt medical colleges under an anti-terrorism law for celebrating Pakistan's win against India in a T20 World Cup match.
Rights Watch | 26th October 2021
The Federal Shariat Court has declared the custom of swara un-Islamic, observing that it violates a number of basic rights of women and girls.