The plight of Afghan refugees in Pakistan is no secret. But a special report by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) delves deeper into the horrors these settlers face, and unravels horrifying accounts of how the police abuse them.Karim – a shopkeeper “The police did not used to beat us much before December 16, 2014 [when the Taliban attacked a Peshawar school]. Now they [beat] us for no reason. I am afraid that one day when I won’t have bribe money, they will kill me. None of my other family members except me and my brother leave the house now. Our children do not go to school; they do not even go to play outside anymore… [But] I cannot go back to Afghanistan.” Afghan refugee Shapera, right, stands...
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