Swapping prisoners
IT is alleged, notoriously, that Dr Shakil Afridi helped the US assassinate Osama bin Laden by running a dummy Hepatitis B vaccination campaign, during which he secured blood samples from…
Transporting prisoners
It is so punctual this prison bus that passes by my residence every day at 8 in the morning. At the appointed time there is a loud blaring of horns…
Myanmar’s democracy veterans, once again political prisoners
Carrying just a small bag, Mya Aye was escorted from his home in the dead of the night by Myanmar soldiers just as an internet blackout shrouded the country and…
Hope for prisoners and jails
THE prime minister earned considerable credit the other day when he directed the relevant authorities to prepare for the release of women prisoners detained, or likely to be detained in…
Pandemic prisoners
THAT prisons in Pakistan are overcrowded is no secret. Prisons being unsanitary and disease-ridden is another familiar story across the country. Prisoners living in difficult conditions is a known but…
Prisoners in a pandemic
Prisons and jails are amplifiers of infectious diseases and the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic is no different. According to a recent report of the commission constituted under the directions…
Prisoners exchange
For the first time since the Israeli war on Gaza in 2014, the Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is signaling its willingness to engage in negotiations regarding the…
The transported: Kashmiri prisoners sent far from home
One is a 19-year-old construction worker charged with aiding fighters against Indian troops, the other is one of occupied Kashmir’s most prominent lawyers, accused of being “an incorrigible secessionist”. Despite…
Prisoners of elitism
Last week Dr Hafeez Sheikh was under public scrutiny for being oblivion to the rising price of tomatoes – being a finance minister, he should have knowledge of rising prices…
Prisoners of the past
Every nation has a past. It is the task of historians to reconstruct it on the basis of documents, folklore, monuments, and archaeological evidence such as weapons, tools, inscriptions and…
