Double jeopardy
Subtitle: police abuse of women in Pakistan
By: a report by Asia Watch and the Women's Rights Project.
Contributors: Asia Watch Committee (U.S.); Women's Rights Project (Human Rights Watch)
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
Subjects: Women prisoners -- Pakistan.; Women's rights -- Pakistan.; Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Pakistan.; Women -- Crimes against -- Pakistan.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.