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Sarabjit Singh: Waiting for clemency

Sarabjit Singh: Waiting for clemency

On April 3, 2012, Awais Sheikh met another Indian prisoner whose case he has taken on, Sarabjit Singh, initially arrested in 1990 for illegally entering Pakistan. However, he was later implicated in...
Indian SC grants bail to Dr Chishti

Indian SC grants bail to Dr Chishti

NEW DELHI: The Indian Supreme Court has granted interim bail to 80-year-old Pakistani microbiologist Khalil Chishti during the pendency of his appeal against the Rajasthan High Court order upholding...
Surjit Singh case update

Surjit Singh case update

In response to a petition filed for the release of two Indian prisoners, Satinder Paul Singh and Karale Bhanudas who had completed their term of imprisonment but remained confined in Pakistani jail,...
Why is Gopal Das free and not Khalil Chishty?

Why is Gopal Das free and not Khalil Chishty?

 By Shivam Vij India’s central government wants him to do it, the Rajasthan government wants him to do it, but Rajasthan’s acting Governor Shivraj Patil is not signing a clemency...
Dr Chishty’s family arrives in India, appeals for his release

Dr Chishty’s family arrives in India, appeals for his release

Dr Khalil Chishty’s family from Pakistan arrived in India on Nov 17, on a month-long visa, hoping Dr Chishty can go with them when they leave. They have appealed to the Governor to sign his...
Supreme Court expresses shock over Pakistanis in Indian jails, seeks status report

Supreme Court expresses shock over Pakistanis in Indian jails, seeks status report

Dhananjay Mahapatra, TNN NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday expressed shock and dismay over 2 Pakistanis being kept in Jammu and Kashmir prisons for over 40 years without ever having faced trial....
Dr Chishty case update: PUCL urges Rajastan CM to move file

Dr Chishty case update: PUCL urges Rajastan CM to move file

The campaign to free Pakistani virologist Dr Chishty from Indian prison continues On September 5, 2011, a delegation of People’s Union for Civil Liberties, Rajasthan, met Ashok Gehlot, Chief...
PUCL letter to CM Rajasthan Jaipur,

PUCL letter to CM Rajasthan Jaipur,

5th September, 2011 Sh. Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister, Government of Rajasthan, Jaipur – 302001 Subject: Handing over the mercy petition of Dr Khalil Chishty to the Governor Sh. Shivraj Patil...
Bring Dr Chishty home – alive

Bring Dr Chishty home – alive

An elderly, bed-ridden man sentenced to life imprisonment in an ‘enemy’ country for a murder he didn’t commit awaits the signature on his clemency petition Human rights activists in...
I didn’t know I was on the Pakistani side

I didn’t know I was on the Pakistani side

Indian fisher boys incarcerated in Pakistani prisons talk about how they were arrested and their anxiety about their families back home By Sheher Bano The recent arrest of eight Pakistani fishermen...