When policemen are themselves involved in molesting children, who will protect them?
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According to charities, which work to protect street children in Pakistan, up to 90 percent are sexually abused on the first night that they sleep rough and 60 percent accuse police of sexually abusing them.
“Children on the street are beaten, tortured, sexually assaulted, and sometimes killed,” said Rana Asif Habib, head of the Initiator Human Development Foundation (IHDF). “Police (should) protect people. When policemen are themselves involved in molesting children, who will protect them?” he said.
“What we have gathered in our research is that policemen make up more than 60 percent of those who physically torment or sexually harass street children,” said Anwer Kazmi of the Edhi Foundation, the country’s largest charity. Karachi is home to Pakistan’s biggest community of street children – tens of thousands of victims of domestic violence and broken homes, drugs and crime, in the steamy port city. Full story...
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According to charities, which work to protect street children in Pakistan, up to 90 percent are sexually abused on the first night that they sleep rough and 60 percent accuse police of sexually abusing them.
“Children on the street are beaten, tortured, sexually assaulted, and sometimes killed,” said Rana Asif Habib, head of the Initiator Human Development Foundation (IHDF). “Police (should) protect people. When policemen are themselves involved in molesting children, who will protect them?” he said.
“What we have gathered in our research is that policemen make up more than 60 percent of those who physically torment or sexually harass street children,” said Anwer Kazmi of the Edhi Foundation, the country’s largest charity. Karachi is home to Pakistan’s biggest community of street children – tens of thousands of victims of domestic violence and broken homes, drugs and crime, in the steamy port city. Full story...
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