Zainab Malik

Zainab Malik

The writer is a human rights lawyer

  • The penalty of death

    Muhammad Azam has spent more years in a death row cell in Karachi than he has outside prison. Jail records trace his journey into a broken criminal...

  • Victims of torture

    On June 26, the UN will observe its annual International Day in Support of Victims of Torture in order to remember and support the victims and...

  • Combating torture

    In February 2016, Pakistan articulated a renewed resolve to honour its obligations under international law. To that end, the state notified the...

  • Torture and trial

    “I doubt there is anything more dreadful than being told that you’re going to die and then, sitting in a prison cell, just waiting for...