A study by Zeenat Hisham. Published in December 2009 by Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research and South Asia Alliance for Poverty Eradication
A study by Zeenat Hisham. Published in December 2009 by Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research and South Asia Alliance for Poverty Eradication
The Criminal Law Amendment Bill 2010, being proposed to bring about changes in the criminal laws with respect to protections against sexual assault, has been a subject of discussion and popular misinterpretation in the recent past. While the move by the government to re-examine the law on sexual assault is long overdue and the opening up of this subject a welcome step, it is necessary to underscore the concerns raised by rights advocates across the country.
Photos of the New Delhi Protest Rally of June 2, 2010 in Solidarity with Palestinians
the text of a notice demanding justice issued today (3 June 2010) by Moin Ghani Barrister on behalf of four lawyers and law students, challenging the Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Commissions blocking of Facebook on the purported ground of defamation of ‘national and spiritual leaders’ and of hurting religious sentiment, and also challenging certain provisions of the Information Technology Act 2006 as being violations of the fundamental rights to freedom of expression, to be treated in accordance with law and to freedom of assembly and protection of correspondence.
Tackling the terrorists who kill almost at will isn´t the only job at hand. The
culture of intolerance has become ingrained in Pakistan and wide-ranging
measures are required to change our collective mindset. Textbooks need to
be revised and the perils of both brazen and covert narrow-mindedness must be publicly debated. It would also help if major religious parties came forward to condemn atrocities such as Friday´s attacks on Ahmadis in Lahore. But that is perhaps asking for too much.
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