Washington Report Expresses Alarm Over Possible Human-Rights Abuses

The U.S. State Dept. has been expressing concern over human-rights reports that suggest thousands of political separatists and captured insurgents are being held by Pakistan's security forces where they may be mistreated, the New York Times reports.

A recent State Dept. report to Congress urges Pakistan to address such possible human-rights abuses.

The Pakistani security services have held without charges thousands of people over the past decade, mainly in Baluchistan,...