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Acid crimes show no letting up on women in Pakistan

Face of an acid attack victim in Pakistan

WNN Breaking (WNN) Lahore, PAKISTAN, SOUTH ASIA: Acid violence in Pakistan’s north eastern region in the city of Lahore has just claimed another victim. This time it’s the second attack in one week. The acid violence hit a 16-year-old girl named Rida who was attacked by two unidentified people on a motorcycle as she was [...]

Rehabilitation & healing continues for Malala Yousafzai after hospital stay

Pakistan schoolgirl

WNN Breaking (WNN/RFE/RL) Birmingham, ENGLAND, U.K.: Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai has been discharged from the British hospital where she was treated after being shot by the Taliban for her work in promoting girls’ education. A video released on January 4 by the hospital in Birmingham showed the 15-year-old walking out of her hospital room while [...]

As arrests are made in Malala Yousufzai case human rights prevail

Rally in support of Malala Yousufzai Peshawar, Pakistan

WNN Breaking   (WNN) Karachi, PAKISTAN: “We will not be stopped from getting an education,” said one of the girl classmates of the recently shot yet miraculously surviving, Pakistani human rights hero, Ms. Malala Yousufzai. Malala has been known throughout her region as a remarkable teenager and a highly intelligent girl who recently turned 15-years-old. [...]

U.S. Code Pink delegation in Pakistan plans hunger fast in Islamabad

Code Pink's Medea Benjamin speaks

WNN Breaking (WNN) Islamabad, PAKISTAN: More than a dozen American Code Pink peace delegates visiting Pakistan to witness the damage wrought by U.S. drone attacks will fast from sunrise to sunset Tuesday, Oct. 9, in front of the Islamabad Press Club, Sector F-6. They will sing songs of peace, display pictures of the more than [...]

PAKISTAN: Advocates call for immediate release of girl charged with ‘Blasphemy’

Pakistan protest rally demanding the release of Rimsha Masi

WNN Breaking (WNN/FIDH) Lahore, PAKISTAN / Paris, FRANCE: The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organisation, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), are calling for the immediate release of Rimsha Masih, a 14 year-old Christian girl with learning difficulties  who has been arrested in Pakistan. She is currently being held in [...]

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