{"id":17713,"date":"2026-01-06T11:53:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T11:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=17713"},"modified":"2026-01-06T11:53:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T11:53:53","slug":"amnesty-international-accuses-pakistan-of-violating-international-human-rights-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/01\/06\/amnesty-international-accuses-pakistan-of-violating-international-human-rights-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty International accuses Pakistan of violating international human rights laws"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Amnesty International has accused Pakistan of &#8220;violating international human rights laws&#8221; in light of the amendment to Article 27 of the Pakistani Constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a recent statement, the organization claimed that this constitutional amendment represents a regression. Amnesty International is calling for an immediate review of this amendment and urging the Pakistani government to swiftly implement measures to protect the neutrality, independence, and security of judges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement highlights: \u201c The constitutional amendment violates international human rights laws and specifically undermines the independence of the judiciary by granting lifetime immunity to officials, thereby exempting them from accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the organization, Pakistani authorities must remain committed to their international human rights obligations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amnesty International also urged these officials to ensure access to justice and effective redress and to respect the principle of separation of powers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is noteworthy that the Pakistani government recently amended Article 27 of the constitution, granting lifetime privileges to certain officials, including Asim Munir, the Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Amnesty International has accused Pakistan of &#8220;violating international human rights laws&#8221; in light of the amendment to Article 27 of the Pakistani Constitution. In a recent statement, the organization claimed that this constitutional amendment represents a regression. Amnesty International is calling for an immediate review of this amendment and urging the Pakistani government to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17713"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17713"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17715,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17713\/revisions\/17715"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}