{"id":32992,"date":"2014-04-22T11:21:49","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T05:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=32992"},"modified":"2014-04-22T11:21:49","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T05:51:49","slug":"pakistan-eu-scrutiny-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/pakistan-eu-scrutiny-human-rights","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan under EU scrutiny for human rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/pakistan-eu-scrutiny-human-rights\/bb-44\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32993\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"32993\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/pakistan-eu-scrutiny-human-rights\/bb-44\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/04\/bb4.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bb\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/04\/bb4.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-32993 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bb4-150x112.jpg?resize=150%2C112&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"bb\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/04\/bb4.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/04\/bb4.jpg?w=259&amp;ssl=1 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>The European Parliament Monday cautioned the Pakistani government for its lack of respect for human rights and debated on the impact on minorities of the recently passed Pakistan Protection Ordinance 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The MEPs deliberated about how the European Parliament expresses strong reservations and condemns the draconian and controversial Pakistan Protection Ordinance 2014 passed recently by the Pakistani government, notwithstanding widespread criticism<\/p>\n<p>against it by opposition political groups and independent human rights organizations on grounds of its high potential for misuse by the Pakistani military, security and intelligence apparatus to arbitrarily persecute ethnic as well as religious\u00a0minorities, vulnerable sections of society, indulge in extrajudicial killings, violations of human rights and dignity and circumvent the rule of law.<\/p>\n<p>The European Parliament also discussed the need to put in place a framework where the European Union should monitor more closely the human rights atrocities continuing unabated in Pakistan and make the Pakistani government accountable for the delay in justice provided to the victims and their families.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: IANS)<\/p>\n<div class=\"story-tags\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Parliament Monday cautioned the Pakistani government for its lack of respect for human rights and debated on the impact on minorities of the recently passed Pakistan Protection Ordinance 2014. 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