In conversation with Pakistan Senator Sherry Rehman on the anti-torture bill
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Criminalising torture is the urgent need of the hour, says Sherry Rehman
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Senate passes bill to prevent torture, custodial deaths
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PESHAWAR: Member of the opposition Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal Inayatullah Khan on Thursday submitted a private member’s bill on the prevention of custodial deaths and sexual violence to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly seeking life imprisonment and fine up to Rs3 million for the culprits, their abettors and those conspiring to commit these offences.
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Prevention of Torture and Custodial Death Bill, 2021, is expected to be introduced in the next session of the assembly.
Section 4(1) of the proposed bill says: “whoever commits, or abets or conspires to commit the offence of custodial death or custodial sexual violence, shall be punished with imprisonment for life and with fine, which may extend to Rs 3 million.”