Sahil Legal Cases
Sahil is an organization which is working for the protection of children against all forms of abuse especially child sexual abuse. Sahil provides free legal aid to the victims of child sexual abuse through its legal team in all four provinces. Sahil also has a cadre of 37 referral lawyers from 18 districts. These lawyers are providing excellent legal services for victims all over Pakistan. Sahil monitors newspapers reported cases of child sexual abuse and immediately sends letters offering services of free legal aid to all. Sahil has over the years seen an encouraging change in legal reforms leading to a process for taking decisions quickly. Over the years Sahil has taken up 558 legal cases. A total of 113 cases have been taken up in the year 2011. Convictions have been severe with the accused being given up to 25 years of imprisonment and fines of rupees 50,000/. However a great concern is that 127 cases of compromise have also been recorded. The request for free legal aid received by Sahil have been increasing over the years showing that families of victims are seeking justice. Here Sahil presents some of the success stories of legal cases taken up by Sahil lawyers and legal department. All names in the case studies have been changed.
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