Document #2029613

IPS – Inter Press Service (Author)

Former Child Bride Holds Pakistan to Account for Wrongful Imprisonment in Historic Legal Challenge

http://www.ipsnews.net/2020/05/former-child-bride-holds-pakistan-account-wrongful-imprisonment-historic-legal-challenge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=former-child-bride-holds-pakistan-account-wrongful-imprisonment-historic-legal-challenge

ecoi.net description:
Article on the first case of a woman seeking compensation from the state for miscarriage of justice; she spent 19 years in prison after being wrongfully accused of killing her husband at the age of 13
Country:
Pakistan
Source:
IPS – Inter Press Service (Author)
Published:
8 May 2020
Original link:
http://www.ipsnews.net/2020/05/former-child-bride-holds-pakistan-account-wrongful-imprisonment-historic-legal-challenge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=former-child-bride-holds-pakistan-account-wrongful-imprisonment-historic-legal-challenge
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Document ID:
2029613

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