Human Rights Watch reports widespread, abusive forced evictions in Pakistan, disproportionately affecting marginalized communities, using colonial-era laws.
Human Rights Watch reports widespread and abusive forced evictions in Pakistan, which disproportionately affect economically marginalized communities. Colonial-era laws and policies are used to evict low-income residents, street vendors, and shop owners for public and private development projects. Thousands have been evicted without adequate consultation, notice, compensation, resettlement assistance, or means of redress. Human Rights Watch calls for reform of Pakistan's colonial-era land laws to ensure transparency, equity, and compliance with international human rights obligations, and for measures to prevent homelessness due to eviction, compensation for land loss, and resettlement assistance for displaced individuals.
May 29, 2024
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