PAKISTAN: Reports of secret detentions and disappearances

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Updated December 19, 2007 21:34:25

Human rights groups have accused the Pakistani government of an elaborate system of secret detentions and disappearances. Lawyers and activists say nearly 500 Pakistanis have disappeared into the hands of the Pakistani intelligence services.

Presenter: Joanna McCarthy
Speakers: Senator Iqbal Haider, Secretary General of the Pakistan Human Rights Commission

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