A Balancing Act The US has a shoddy reputation regarding the treatment of civilians at the hands of its military overseas. While US military actions in […]
Algerian Prisoner Held at Guantánamo for 12 Years seeks Reparations from US
Algerian Djamel Ameziane, is seeking compensation from the U.S. government for the nearly 12 years he was held without charge as prisoner at the U.S. Navy base […]
Law Society To Hold a Programme To Raise Awareness In Lahore
Law Society To Hold a Programme To Raise Awareness In Lahore Non-government Organizations (NGOs) are working with the Law Society to introduce, “Law Awareness Week 2015”, […]
Protecting the Right to Adequate Housing
Protecting the Right to Adequate Housing The Supreme Court of Pakistan has recently restrained the Government authorities from demolishing and bulldozing the houses of poor slum […]
Combating Online Misogyny
Team CTL recently attended a discussion on How To Combat Online Misogyny in Pakistan, organized by The Last Word bookshop in collaboration with Susan Benesch of The […]
Can Forced Labour of Immigrant Workers in the Middle East be Regarded as Slavery?
Can Forced Labour of Immigrant Workers in the Middle East be Regarded as Slavery? When most people think of slavery, they instinctively think of colonialized Africa […]
Is Torture Justified?
Is Torture Justified? Presuming that a person has information of an imminent terrorist attack that will cause huge or mass destruction and exterminate human lives, has […]
Child Labor in Pakistan
Child Labor in Pakistan Child labor is the employment of children for work which results in harm to the child’s well being.[1]Not all kinds of work […]
To Hang or Not To Hang – That is NOT the Question
To Hang or Not To Hang – That is NOT the Question Asia Bibi, a woman, a Christian woman, was sentenced to death approximately six years […]
Exercises in Brutality: Torture Laws in Pakistan, in Light of American Policy Failure
Exercises in Brutality: Torture Laws in Pakistan, in Light of American Policy Failure ‘It is far pleasanter to sit comfortably in the shade rubbing red pepper […]
A Mindset That Needs To Be Eradicated
Centuries have passed, countless books have been written, technology has surpassed barriers, innumerable studies have been carried out yet the perception of a woman as mere […]
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir leaves the country despite High Court orders
The High Court in Pretoria prevented Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir from leaving South Africa unless an urgent hearing on his arrest application is heard. He had […]
The Conditions of Women’s Human Rights
“My silences had not protected me. Your silences will not protect you.” Audre Lorde had it right when she said that women have been taught to […]