US accuses Pakistan of rights violations

[DoYouEverWonder]

Feb 28, 2005

WASHINGTON, Feb 28: The US State Department blamed Pakistan on Monday for allowing widespread violations of human rights -- ranging from rapes and deaths in police custody to suppression of individual and political rights by the government.

The department's annual human rights report for 2004, released in Washington by Under Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, has a large 14,000-word chapter on Pakistan, reviewing the current political and human rights situation in the country.

The report, which is sent to the US Congress as an official document, calls the 2002 referendum "controversial" and notes that domestic and international observers had also termed the subsequent elections "deeply flawed".


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Local police used excessive force and committed or failed to prevent extra-judicial killings. Sectarian killings continued to be a problem. Police abused and raped citizens. Prison conditions remained extremely poor, and police arbitrarily arrested and detained citizens.

Some political leaders remained imprisoned or in exile abroad. Case backlogs led to long delays in trials, and lengthy pre-trial detention was common. The judiciary was subject to executive and other outside influence. Corruption and inefficiency remained severe problems.

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http://www.dawn.com/2005/03/01/top4.htm

[liberal N proud]

1. And the US should know what Right Violations are

after git-mo and abu grab.
Isn't that like the kettle calling the pot black?

[Zhade]

2. Dobriansky? WTF?

Is PNAC targeting Pakistan now? Biting off a bit more than they can chew lately, methinks.

[Why Syzygy]

3. et tu Pakistan?

Do we live in a world full of enemies?

Bushcon does.

[ConcernedCanuk]

4. Frigadee - WE watched the US bomb the shit out of a defenseless country

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Killing 10's of thousands of innocent citizens

The US calls that "collateral damage"

We call it MURDER

Ruining their infrastructure

WE call that Destroying other peoples property

Poisoning their land, air and water with Depleted Uranium

Umm - I think that's sorta like a war crime or sumpthin - -

State Dept. can feck off with their Judgments on other countries I say . .

B'sides, - how many countries are listening to the US these days :shrug:

Well,

The one's they are dropping bombs on don't really have a choice

(sigh)

[xchrom]

5. the u.s says about human rights -- blah, blah, russia, blah, blah

pakistan, blah, blah, china,....

but turns purple when confronted with the largest growing prison population in the civilized world, failed measures on child poverty, prisoners held without due process{hello founding fathers?}, abu ghraib, etc.

and americans are confused about why the world has such a disdainful attitude about us?

me thinks the people protesteth too loudly.

[Disturbed]

6. Pakistan is not a nice place but then

how great is Saudi Arabia? Has the Bush State Dept ever talked about their buddies the Saudi dispicable human rights record?