Title: Double jeopardy : police abuse of women in Pakistan /
Authors: Asia Watch Committee (U.S.); Women's Rights Project (Human Rights Watch)
Publisher: Human Rights Watch,
Year: 1992
Subjects: Women prisoners Pakistan.; Women's rights Pakistan; Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration Pakistan.; Women Crimes against Pakistan.
Abstract: Asia watch and the Women's Rights Project charge in this report that the government of Pakistan is responsible for an epidemic of unpunished police violence against women. More thant seventy percent of women in police custody are subjected to physical and sexual abuse by law enforcement agents, yet not a single police official has been subjected to criminal penalties for such abuse.
Contents: Women in custody -- Treatment of women in police custody and prison -- Response of the judiciary -- The flesh trade: Bangladeshi women in Pakistani jails.