5 Things to Know About the Arrest of a Baby in Pakistan on Charge of Murder
4. It is the symptom of a practice where entire families are punished for real or imagined complaints
Sometimes a simple complaint is enough for the cops in these regions to make a case and arrest the entire family. And of course toddlers or wailing infants are no exception and they too end up in prisons just like their parents.
5. It is a violation of human rights and legal rights for the kid
A toddler cannot be fingerprinted and treated like a common criminal. It goes against all reason and decency. More than anything it just does not make any sense. Either the cops must be completely dumb or totally corrupt.
This case is just one in a million cases that have been filed unjustly against poor and underprivileged people who do not have the time, the resources or the power to challenge it. Lucky for baby Musa he was seen and heard. But there are always a million others who anguish in prisons for no fault of theirs.
