The World - News from July 25, 1985
Pakistan’s military government has been torturing prisoners, holding people incommunicado without trial and discriminating against religious minority groups, according to a report from the Lawyers Committee for International Human Rights. The private, U.S.-based group also criticized Washington for failing to put enough pressure on the government of President Zia ul-Haq to curb human rights abuses. Pakistan has repeatedly denied that it engages in such violations.
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