‘Legislation to protect prisoners’ rights’
Islamabad
April 2, 2021
Islamabad : A spokesman for the Ministry of Human Rights (MoHR) Thursday said the government had made a number of effective legislation to ensure protecting rights of prisoners.
In a short span of time, the ministry made milestone achievement in protecting the rights of prisoners, spokesman, who is also MoHR Director General Muhammad Arshad told APP. He said the ministry had fully implemented the Criminal Justice Legal Aid & Justice Authority Legal Act 2020, which was aimed at providing legal, financial and other assistance to the poor and vulnerable segments of the society in criminal cases in jails.