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Pakistan Human Rights activists targeted in Facebook attacks

May 15, 2018 World Justice News 0

In December 2016 Diep Saeeda, an outspoken human rights activist from the Pakistani city of Lahore, received a short message on Facebook from someone she didn’t know but with whom she had a number of […]

Asma Jahangir: Pakistan human rights champion dies

February 11, 2018 World Justice News 0

Prominent Pakistani human rights activist and lawyer Asma Jahangir has died at the age of 66. She reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest and was taken to hospital, where she later died. The pro-democracy activist championed […]

Meera: The actress in a legal row to prove she’s unmarried

November 22, 2017 World Justice News 0

A Pakistani actress is embroiled in a seven-year-long court case over whether she is married or not. Irtiza Rubab, who is known by her stage name Meera, has acted in commercially successful films, and won […]

International Court of Justice orders Pakistan to halt execution of former Indian naval officer

May 18, 2017 World Justice News 0

The International Court of Justice has ordered Pakistan to halt the execution of a former Indian naval officer pending a final decision in the proceedings. India took Pakistan to the court over the death sentence […]

Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif survives corruption ruling

April 20, 2017 World Justice News 0

Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ruled there is insufficient evidence of corruption to remove Nawaz Sharif from the role of prime minister. It instead ordered a further investigation into money transfers. Questions arose over the business […]

Pakistani police rescue 24 from organ trafficking gang

January 24, 2017 zoshinuk 0

“We will remove your kidney, and you will receive 300,000 rupees [£2,300].” Sadi Ahmed was held hostage for three months by an organ trafficking gang. In October last year, he was one of 24 people […]

Pakistani Taliban Leader Sentenced To Hang

December 29, 2016 World Justice News 0

A military court in Pakistan has sentenced a top Pakistani Taliban leader from the Swat region to death. Muslim Khan, a former spokesman for the militants, was convicted of killing 31 people, including civilians and […]

Pakistan’s abuse of the Ahmadis makes Donald Trump’s Muslim ban look tame

December 15, 2016 zoshinuk 0

By Ro Waseem As the rest of Pakistan commemorated Prophet Mohammad’s birthday, a charged mob of around 1000 men besieged a mosque belonging to Ahmadi Muslims, injuring several people. At least one Ahmadi Muslim is […]

Gunmen attack police cadet hostel in Pakistan

October 24, 2016 Marie PipWjn 0

Army launches operation at scene as gunfire and explosions heard and city hospital reports at least 12 people injured A team of up to six gunmen attacked a hostel that is home to hundreds of […]

Human Rights

Judge dismisses criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

May 23, 2026 0

A US judge has dismissed the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongfully deported to a megaprison in El Salvador last year. Abrego Garcia, whose deportation became a major flashpoint in the debate […]

Australia

Australia court doubles payout for trans woman in landmark discrimination case

May 17, 2026 0

A Sydney court has doubled the discrimination payout for an Australian trans woman who was kicked off a female-only app. It comes almost two years after Roxanne Tickle successfully sued Sall Grover, founder of the […]

Human Rights

War criminal Mladic close to death, say lawyers asking judge for jail release

May 3, 2026 0

Lawyers acting for convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic are awaiting a decision by a UN court on their bid to release him from jail in The Hague on the grounds he is near […]