Pakistan: Denial of Basic Rights for Child Prisoners

Submitted by crinadmin on Thu, 23/10/2003 - 12:08

Summary: Around 4,500 children are currently
in detention in Pakistan. More than
3,000 of them have not been
convicted of any offence; their trials
have either still yet to start or have
not yet been completed. pdf: http://news.amnesty.org/mavp/news.nsf/VwPrint/1BD9C15E2B6423DA80256DC600...$File/newsrelease.pdf

Organisation:

Amnesty International - International Secretariat

Attachment Link:

http://news.amnesty.org/mavp/news.nsf/VwPrint/1BD9C15E2B6423DA80256DC6005FF3E...

Web:

http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/engasa330112003

Tags:

Individual cases of violations

Reporting to and monitoring the CRC

Countries

Pakistan

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