Amnesty International has issued a report demanding the immediate and unconditional release of detained leaders of the Baloch ...

An amendment to the Anti-Terrorism Act will allow security forces in the restive region the powers to detain any person for ...

Amnesty International called for Pakistan to release high-profile Baloch activists on Tuesday, condemning the arbitrary detention of the protesters. A letter to authorities called for the release of ...

Citing the recent detention of Mahrang Baloch and other BYC members under the colonial-era 3MPO ordinance, Mazari called the ...

(New York) – Pakistan’s government should withdraw a counterterrorism law which threatens basic rights and freedoms in violation of Pakistan’s international legal obligations, Human Rights ...

“Pakistan has a long history of abuses of suspects in detention and should reject this vague and overbroad counterterrorism law.” (New York) – Pakistan’s draft counterterrorism law ...

McGovern notes need to engage and talk about "political prisoners"; blasphemy laws, Baloch activists, blocking of YouTube ...

This half-baked law passed by the President of Pakistan has enormous potential for abuse by Pakistan's security apparatus. Our grossly incompetent, untrained and under-equipped police will shoot ...

The law also applies to suspects already in custody. The order comes as Pakistan grapples with a surge in militant violence, with at least 104 people killed in militant attacks in the past week, and ...

It highlights not only a human rights crisis but also the systemic vulnerability of minorities and marginalized people ...

Pakistan has passed a new law allowing its security forces to detain terror suspects for up to 90 days without disclosing their whereabouts or the allegations against ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's detention is arbitrary and in violation of international law, a U.N. human rights working group said in an opinion issued on ...