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Reporting in this case has been atrocious, with pretty much every media outlet preferring sensationalism over accuracy at the expense of the lives of the people involved
Some key facts that have largely been ignored: https://urdu.geo.tv/latest/228267
Some key facts that have largely been ignored: https://urdu.geo.tv/latest/228267
1. This is not a case of “same sex marriage” or of a woman pretending to be a man
Ali Akash is a trans man with a male ID card. Legal gender recognition based on self-perception without medical or diagnostic requirements is a right under Pakistani law. It isn’t “impersonation”
Ali Akash is a trans man with a male ID card. Legal gender recognition based on self-perception without medical or diagnostic requirements is a right under Pakistani law. It isn’t “impersonation”
2. Ali and Neha got married. Neha’s family illegally confined her but sessions court granted Ali custody. Neha’s family filed a habeas petition before LHC
LHC admitted petition even though both had been appearing before sessions court. Why? Is this what habeas petitions are for?
LHC admitted petition even though both had been appearing before sessions court. Why? Is this what habeas petitions are for?
3. LHC asked Ali to get medical tests done to prove he’s a man, even though this is clearly not required by law. This is what the non-bailable arrest warrant and now placement on ECL is for: to force a trans man to get his medical tests done to prove he’s a man AGAINST the law
4. Ali and Neha are now divorced and have nothing to do with each other
Neha was living in a shelter in Lahore given threats to her life by her family, but LHC asked her to be produced and has moved her to a dar ul aman in pindi against her will. Why? Under what jurisdiction?
Neha was living in a shelter in Lahore given threats to her life by her family, but LHC asked her to be produced and has moved her to a dar ul aman in pindi against her will. Why? Under what jurisdiction?
5. LHC is conducting illegal proceedings, and instead of protecting the rights of Ali and Neha under the law, is further persecuting them
The media needs to highlight this injustice instead of contributing to the sensationalist propaganda against them
The media needs to highlight this injustice instead of contributing to the sensationalist propaganda against them
