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World Uyghur Congress welcomes US Senate bills targeting China's rights ab
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
As stated in the release from WUC, these bills, introduced by Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), John Cornyn (R-TX), John Curtis (R-UT), and Dan Sullivan (R-AK), represent a rare and essential agreement in Congress regarding the pressing need for a firmer U.S. response to China's domestic and int
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Argentina court opens door to justice against China's Uyghur genocide
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Argentina's top criminal court has allowed a genocide case against Chinese officials to proceed, brought by Uyghur victims. The ruling, based on universal jurisdiction, offers hope for justice over alleged abuses in Xinjiang, including mass detentions and torture, and could set a global prec
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BASC-SOAS Seminar highlights systematic human rights abuses against Baloch
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Baloch Advocacy and Studies Centre held its first public seminar in London, highlighting serious human rights abuses against Baloch people in Iran and Pakistan, including killings and disappearances. Experts, activists, and UN representatives called for international attention and jus
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Year since Hasina fled, rights challenges abound in Bangladesh, says HRW
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Some of the fear and repression that marked Sheikh Hasina's Awami League Party's 15-year rule, and abuses such as widespread enforced disappearances, appear to have ended.
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At 50-year diplomatic milestone, EU slams China's repression in Tibet, cit
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The summit, which also marked 50 years of EU-China diplomatic ties, brought together top-level leaders, including European Council President Charles Michel, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, EU High Representative Josep Borrell, and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Despite a f
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Amnesty International marks 10 years since China's '709 Crackdown', calls
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Amnesty International has issued a joint statement commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Chinese government's "709" crackdown on human rights lawyers, urging for an independent international inquiry into the decade-long persecution of civil society and human rights activists in China. Th
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They won't take action on Sheikh: Maharashtra Minister Nitesh Rane after M
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Reacting to a social media influencer being abused and threatened by the son of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Javed Shaikh, Maharashtra Minister Nitesh Rane on Sunday came down heavily on Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and alleged that the party won't take any action on the accused sin
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Geneva: Uyghur rights activist exposes China's forced labour and surveilla
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Speaking at the 59th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Isa described the situation as "dire," with widespread human rights violations continuing under the pretext of state security and development.
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Enforced disappearances, custodial killings surge in Balochistan, sparking
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Reports from Balochistan highlight ongoing enforced disappearances and custodial killings by security forces. Victims include abducted men found dead or held for ransom. Human rights groups have condemned the abuses, urging international action, but accountability remains lacking amid rising
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2024 HRCP Report exposes worsening human rights emergency across Pakistan
Updated : 8 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan's 2024 report highlights democratic decline, rising militancy, enforced disappearances, and human rights abuses in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It notes blasphemy-related violence, child and gender-based abuse, labour violations, and environmental crises, paint
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Baloch youth hunted and executed by Pakistan's military death squads
Updated : 9 months ago IST
21-year-old Zeeshan Baloch was abducted and killed in Balochistan, hours after a protest by his family. BYC blamed Pakistan's military-backed death squads and called it part of ongoing state violence against Baloch youth. His death highlights the region's continuing crisis of enforced disapp
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Pashtun Activist urges UNHRC to act on Pakistan's rights abuses at 59th Se
Updated : 9 months ago IST
At the UNHRC session in Geneva, Pashtun activist Fazal-ur-Rehman Afridi accused Pakistan of serious human rights violations against Pashtuns, including drone strikes, enforced disappearances, and torture. He urged the UN to act and send an investigative commission to address the abuses. Read More
