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| Pakistan on British human rights watch list | |
| 2008-03-26 | |
LONDON - Britain for the first time included Pakistan on a list of countries of concern over human rights on Tuesday, saying there had been “very little progress” towards pledged improvements. Pakistan featured on a list of 21 “major countries of concern” like China, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Zimbabwe in the Foreign Office’s Human Rights Annual Report 2007.
The move to include Pakistan came after a recommendation from the House of Commons’ Foreign Affairs Committee. During a three-page analysis of Pakistan’s human rights record, the FCO says: “The UK is concerned about human rights issues in Pakistan...recent changes in the political landscape and the period surrounding the state of emergency declared by President Pervez Musharraf on 3 November 2007 have brought a number of human rights issues in Pakistan to the fore.” It adds that Pakistan has expressed a desire to improve its human rights record but says there has been “very little progress towards the fulfilment” of pledges on issues including torture and civil and political rights. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |