Report: rule of law index 2017-2018 By: Web Desk on June 26, 2018The World Justice Project developed the WJP Rule of Law Index to serve as a quantitative tool that measures the rule of law in practice. The Index’s methodology and comprehensive definition of the rule of law are the products of intensive consultation and vetting with academics, practitioners, and community leaders from more than 100 countries and 17 professional disciplines. … [Read more...] about Report: rule of law index 2017-2018
State of human rights in 2017 By: Web Desk on May 28, 2018A Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) report on the state of human rights in the year 2017. The HRCP mentioned in its report that the state of human rights in the country in 2017 remained disappointing, especially mentioning the increasing incidents of enforced disappearances and extra-judicial killings in Balochistan. … [Read more...] about State of human rights in 2017
‘They betrayed us’: women who survived boko haram raped, starved and detained in Nigeria By: Web Desk on May 28, 2018An Amnesty International report on the conflict in Nigeria and the plight of women who survived Boko Haram. … [Read more...] about ‘They betrayed us’: women who survived boko haram raped, starved and detained in Nigeria
Chronicles of shame: the changing threat patterns and demographics of pakistan media landscape By: Web Desk on May 28, 2018According to a Pakistan Press Freedom report, over 150 attacks on media personnel and journalists took place across the country over the course of past one year (May 1, 2017 to April 1, 2018) Islamabad was termed as the most dangerous place for practicing journalists with 35 percent attacks taking place in the federal capital. Moreover, around 20 attacks were also recorded against various media … [Read more...] about Chronicles of shame: the changing threat patterns and demographics of pakistan media landscape
