Pakistan Holding Thousands In Indefinite Detention, Officials Say -- Washington PostISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN -- The Pakistani military is holding thousands of suspected militants in indefinite detention, arguing that the nation's dysfunctional civilian justice system cannot be trusted to prevent them from walking free, according to U.S. and Pakistani officials.
The majority of the detainees have been held for nearly a year and have been allowed no contact with family members, lawyers or humanitarian groups, the Pakistani officials and human rights advocates said.
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My Comment: The Pakistan government is in a terrible bind. They know that many of their detainees are guilty .... but they also know that many are innocent. Of the lesser of two evils, they have made the decision to detain all of them .... hence the backlash from family members and from foreign governments like the U.S.
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