Alliance to Combat Torture
A collective of lawyers and human rights activists working to end torture, extrajudicial killings, and violent practices in Pakistan’s penal system.
Lawyers and activists, united by a shared concern
Alliance to Combat Torture (ACT) is a collective of lawyers and human rights activists based in Pakistan.
We came together out of a shared concern: the rising and largely unchallenged use of torture, extrajudicial killings, the death penalty, and harsh imprisonment as tools to control crime.
Violence is not justice
Torture
Its use in custody and investigation, often unchallenged.
Extrajudicial killings
Killings carried out outside the protection of the law and the courts.
The death penalty
We advocate for its abolition.
Harsh imprisonment
We push for alternatives to imprisonment as a means of justice.
Three ways we challenge impunity
Research
We investigate the laws and policies that enable torture, extrajudicial killings, and harsh imprisonment in Pakistan.
Advocacy
We push for the abolition of the death penalty and for alternatives to imprisonment as a means of justice.
Community
We build a movement of lawyers, activists, students, and citizens standing against torture and impunity.
We believe justice cannot be built on violence.— Alliance to Combat Torture
Stand with us against torture
Lawyers, researchers, students, and concerned citizens — there is a place for you in this movement.