And now terrorism charges. How does she see the rule of law in pakistan and her country s future? imaan mazari hazir, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Now, you have become well known in your own country as a human rights lawyer, including taking on key institutions of the state. I wonder, first, what it was in your early life that led you to that work? i think, when you grow up in pakistan, you see a lot of power imbalances. You see the constant derailment of democracy. You see injustices being perpetrated by the state and its agencies against the most vulnerable, whether that s the baloch ethnic community or that s the pashtun ethnic community or sindhis. So you grow up in that environment, and i feel that you re very motivated to fight against that injustice because you see it on such a massive scale. How would you describe the state of human rights in the country today? i would say that the state of human rights is deplorable. We don t have a democracy in pakistan right
Imaan mazari hazir, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Now, you have become well known in your own country as a Human Rights lawyer, including taking on key institutions of the state. I wonder, first, what it was in your early life that led you to that work . I think, when you grow up in pakistan, you see a lot of power imbalances. You see the constant derailment of democracy. You see injustices being perpetrated by the state and its agencies against the most vulnerable, whether thats the baloch ethnic community or thats the pashtun ethnic community or sindhis. So you grow up in that environment, and i feel that youre very motivated to fight against that injustice because you see it on such a massive scale. How would you describe the state of Human Rights in the Country Today . I would say that the state of Human Rights is deplorable. We dont have a Democracy In Pakistan right now, were living in an undeclared martial law. Theres a constant assault on our civil liberties. Th
We will start with developing news out of the us. This is georgia and this is to do with criminal proceedings against donald trump. You may be aware of the latest developments in georgia and those allegations of election interference. The way the system works there as there is something called a grand jury system. 0rdinary members of the public sit on that and they make a preliminary decision about Whether Terminal Proceedings should go ahead. In this case, they did. There have been reports in the last few hours that personal details, some of those ordinary members of the public, have been allegedly leaked online. We now have allegedly leaked online. We now have a statement from the Fulton County sheriffs office. Lets take a look at that and then we can on partygate. It said in a statement. As a lead agency, our investigators are working closely with local, state, and federal Law Enforcement agencies to track down the origin of threats in Fulton County and other jurisdictions. That is
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