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Where Is Mahjabeen Baloch? Pakistan's enforced disappearance of polio surv
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Baloch student Mahjabeen Baloch has been missing for a month after being allegedly abducted by Pakistani state agencies. Her family and activists demand her release, citing human rights violations. Amnesty International and others have condemned the enforced disappearance and urged authoriti
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From Zaheer to Zeeshan: Adeeba Baloch's family destroyed by state violence
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Adeeba Baloch, daughter of forcibly disappeared Baloch activist Zaheer Baloch, staged a late-night sit-in protest on Panjgur's CPEC Road on Sunday, demanding the safe release of her younger brother, Zeeshan Baloch, who was abducted by a state-backed death squad on June 29, 2025, the Baloch Y
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Pakistan suffocating civil liberties under 3MPO in Balochistan: Baloch Yak
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Calling on lawyers, rights groups, and the Baloch public, she urged all democratic forces to "rise, speak, and act" for the immediate release of Mahrang Baloch and all illegally detained BYC leaders.
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"Culprits must be hanged," says women's activist on Kolkata law student ga
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Varsha Mishra said, "I always say women are not safe anywhere. Whether it is doctors or lawyers, a character certificate should be issued to professionals before they are awarded their degree. A team should be constituted in all big institutes for this purpose. The culprits
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Election will change scenario in Bangladesh, says prominent rights activis
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Manzill Murshid, President of Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh (HRPB), stated that the current interim government, led by Muhammad Yunus, lacks constitutional legitimacy as it wasn't formed under the caretaker government provision. This has raised concerns about the tim
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Balochistan govt extends detention of Baloch activists, BYC calls order il
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Mahrang Baloch and other BYC leaders -- Beebow Baloch, her father Ghaffar Baloch, Sabghat Ullah Shah Jee, and Bebarg Baloch -- were arrested on March 22 and sent to Quetta District Jail under MPO-3. The detention of BYC leaders has been extended for the fourth time.
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Paank denounces torture, unlawful detentions in Balochistan on Internation
Updated : 9 months ago IST
The group also condemned the continued detention of Baloch leaders despite expired orders, urging immediate release and accountability.
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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
Baloch leader warns of ISIS threat, accuses Pakistan of supporting militan
Updated : 9 months ago IST
In his statement, Bangulzai alleged that ISIS training camps have been set up in Balochistan's mountainous regions with assistance from Pakistani security forces.
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"Today an undeclared Emergency exists": Samajwadi Party leader Rajendra Ch
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
"When the emergency was imposed and the struggle that followed, it became the second freedom struggle. I am also a political activist and was active in that struggle; I witnessed it... The country's situation was dire; nobody could speak or write. There was complete censorship of the press..
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Sister of enforced disappeared activists condemn Pakistan's brutality in B
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
Leading Baloch human rights body, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), has organised a three-day sit-in protest in front of the Turbat Press Club against the illegal detention of its key leaders, the BYC said on Thursday. The protest targets the arrest of prominent activists such as Mahrang
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Pakistan's brutality against Baloch rights defenders continues, says siste
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
Leading Baloch human rights body, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), has organised a three-day sit-in protest outside the Turbat Press Club against the illegal detention of its key leaders, including Bebarg Baloch, the BYC said on Thursday. The protest demands the immediate release of cen
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