Documented case of alleged severe beating and torture of detained medical professional by state authorities, exemplifying authoritarian abuse of detention powers and extrajudicial violence against healthcare worker in conflict zone.
The lawyer for Dr Hussam Abu Safiya tells the BBC his client was so badly beaten he could not recognise him during a visit last week.
Documents state persecution and imprisonment of activist for pro-democracy protest participation, demonstrating authoritarian suppression… [more]
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Pakistani authorities using physical infrastructure as a tool to suppress opposition protests and restrict democratic participation… [more]