while i don’t agree with some of AI’s analysis, human rights violations r rife in northwestern pakistan. the situation has devolved into a horrific humanitarian crisis. “In April 2009, the Pakistani army launched a major offensive in Malakand Division (NWFP) against the Pakistani Taliban, resulting in the displacement of over 2 million people, the largest displacement crisis in Pakistan’s history. This new wave of displaced joined the already 500,000 displaced people by the conflict in the FATA agencies. Nearly 90 percent of the people who fled the region had no access to organized camps and lived instead in extremely overcrowded conditions in host communities, existing slums and abandoned buildings. In many cases, three or four families were forced to share one residence, greatly straining host communities’ ability to provide sufficient food and clean water.” more here.