...which are usually entirely different from personal
liberty...
organization.
"The Death Eater groups such as the ostensibly banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
... a 'more violent' offshoot of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain. LeJ's purpose in life is to murder anyone who's not of utmost religious purity, starting with Shiites but including Brelvis, Ahmadis, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Rosicrucians, and just about anyone else you can think of. They are currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of al-Qaeda ...
(LeJ), a Taliban affiliate, operate with virtual impunity across Pakistain as law enforcement officials either turn a blind eye or appear helpless to prevent attacks," says Human Rights Watch
... dedicated to bitching about human rights violations around the world...
(HRW) in its World Report 2014 released on Tuesday.
Talking to Dawn, HRW's country director for Pakistain Ali Dayan Hasan said that in the 667-page report, its 24th annual review of human rights practices around the world, the HRW had summarised major issues in more than 90 countries. He said HRW with its head office in New York had released report about each country in their respective capitals.
"Taliban attacks, amounting to war crimes, have increased in scope and magnitude even as Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
's government has renewed offer for peace talks in the aftermath of atrocities," said Mr Hasan.
The HRW report has come at a time when the Death Eaters have stepped up their attacks across the country and the media has reported that the Death Eaters have already carried out 25 major terrorist attacks in the first 20 days of 2014.
The report says that during the election campaign in April and May, at least 130 people were killed and over 500 were maimed allegedly by the TTP and its affiliates, who had declared elections "un-Islamic" and warned voters to stay away from the rallies of the formerly ruling coalition parties.
Numerous government installations and law enforcement personnel have been targeted by the Taliban. At least 22 polio
...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set...
vaccination workers were killed, and 14 maimed in 2012 and 2013 in attacks for which the Taliban grabbed credit, says the HRW.
The human rights organization says "a climate of fear impedes media coverage of Death Eater groups and the Taliban and other gangs regularly threaten media outlets over their coverage". The report alleges that "security forces routinely violate basic rights" in the course of counter-terrorism operations with suspects frequently detained without charge or convicted without a fair trial. "Thousands of suspected members of Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and other gangs -- who were rounded up in a crackdown in 2009 in Swat
...a valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistain, located 99 mi from Islamabad. It is inhabited mostly by Pashto speakers. The place has gone steadily downhill since the days when Babe Ruth was the Sultan of Swat...
valley and tribal areas -- remained in illegal military detention at time of writing; few had been prosecuted or produced before the courts", alleges the report.
The HRW report also mentions the security situation in the troubled Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
province, stating that "enforced disappearances and killings of suspected Baloch Death Eaters and opposition activists" continues in the province. "Violence against women and girls -- including rape, honour killings, acid attacks, domestic violence and forced marriage -- remains a serious problem in Pakistain," says the report.