A Warrant for Lawlessness
― Rimsha Masihi is of uncertain age. According to her parents she is only eleven. According to a report submitted to a court in Islamabad in Pakistan she is ‘about’ fourteen. In a way her age is irrelevant; eleven or fourteen, she is a juvenile under the law. But that did not stop her from being held in a maximum security jail, all the while in solitary confinement. It would be traumatic for anyone. It was all the more traumatic for this underage girl because, according to some accounts, she [...].
