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Safia Bano case judgment lauded
(THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE) ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Judge Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah has said the right to dignity could never be taken away as it was one of the strongest...
Mental health in jails
(DAWN – Editorial) THE mind can be a prison for anyone afflicted with a mental health disorder. But for the countless mentally ill prisoners languishing in Pakistani jails, there...
29 Years on Death Row, Pakistan Woman Suffers Mental Illness
(THE NEW YORK TIMES – AP) ISLAMABAD — Kanizan Bibi was 16 when she was charged with murdering her employer’s wife and five children. The police said she was...
Mentally ill prisoner Khizar Hayat passes away after spending 16 years on death row
(DAWN – Rana Bilal) Khizar Hayat, a mentally ill prisoner who spent the last 16 years of his life on death row, passed away on the night of March...
Pakistani doctors say man on death row is mentally ill
(THE WASHINGTON POST – Associated Press) ISLAMABAD — A rights group says court-appointed doctors have confirmed that a death row prisoner in Pakistan suffers from chronic schizophrenia and requires regular...
Pakistani Doctors Say Man on Death Row Is Mentally Ill
(THE NEW YORK TIMES – The Associated Press) ISLAMABAD — A rights group says court-appointed doctors have confirmed that a death row prisoner in Pakistan suffers from chronic schizophrenia and...
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