Friday, April 22, 2011

Released Indian and Pakistani prisoners describe trauma



Many of those released by India are reported to be in a poor physical and mental condition



As tensions appear to ease between India and Pakistan following a series of diplomatic “goodwill gestures” during the cricket World Cup, both countries have authorised a series of prisoner releases. So what were conditions like for those who were incarcerated and is there any hope for those still detained? The BBC’s Alastair Lawson finds out.

On the face of it, the prisoner releases by India and Pakistan should have been a time of celebration. But in reality many of those freed say they have been traumatised by their experiences and bitter that their plight was ignored for so long by their respective governments.

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