CAST stands for citizens against state torture (www.citizensagainststatetorture.co.uk) was established in UK June 2023. We are a group of medics, lawyers and human rights activists who have come together to form Citizens Against State Torture (CAST). We are extremely concerned about the breakdown of law and order and the significant rise in human rights violations […]
At least seven journalists and political commentators have been charged with sedition and other offences in the past week. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/16/rights-press-bodies-slam-pakistan-crackdown-on-critical-voices
Amnesty International is extremely concerned with the crackdown on voices critical of the state and military. Pakistan: Amnesty International is extremely concerned with the crackdown on voices critical of the state and military. At least seven journalists and commentators have been charged with offences against the state and anti-terror laws in the past four days. […]
https://rsf.org/en/two-pakistani-journalists-risk-face-possible-death-sentence-absurd-mutiny-claims
https://www.channel4.com/news/i-feared-i-would-get-picked-up-and-i-would-disappear-pakistans-crackdown-on-pro-imran-khan-media
https://www.channel4.com/news/10000-imran-khan-supporters-arrested-in-aftermath-of-pakistan-unrest
https://www.channel4.com/news/unrest-in-pakistan-following-arrest-of-former-prime-minister-khan
We are a group of medics, lawyers and human rights activists who have come together to form Citizens Against State Torture (CAST).
