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PAKISTAN: Officers of the Pakistan Rangers abduct a subordinate from a police station to settle his wife's court case of harassment against senior officers

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Urgent Appeal Case : We have received information that officers of the Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) have been continuously harassing the wife of a subordinate officer with ill intention for three years. In the latest development high officials of the Pakistan Rangers abducted her husband and his whereabouts are presently unknown. The Pakistan Rangers wanted to have an out of court settlement on the constitutional petition filed by his wife for the harassment she endured. He was abducted twice during the last 24 hours and managed to escape the first attempt. He was illegally detained last night for 12 hours in three different police stations without any charge and in the early hours of this morning (13 April), 12 intelligence personnel from the intelligence wing under the leadership of the Wing Commander of 50 Sachal Sarmast Wing, abducted him from the police station. He was also tortured in three different police stations to force to urge his wife to withdraw the cases against the high officials of the Rangers. Read More...

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PAKISTAN: Police insist an 18-year-old girl to settle a case of raping for five years with the rapist cum stepfather

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Urgent Appeal Case : The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the rape of an 18-year-old girl in the captivity of her stepfather, a police tout, for more than five years. Her mother has also been kidnapped by the perpetrator and her whereabouts remain unknown. A case was filed after agitation from local communities but the area Police Station is pressurizing the girl not to pursue the case intimating that she would face dire consequences. The area police have taken the perpetrator into custody but have not yet arrested him. Instead, police officials are trying to force a settlement between the victim and the perpetrator rather than filing a case against him. Read More...

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