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Farmers' convention in Shimla highlights widespread damage from four-lane
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A convention of farmers and landowners affected by four-lane highway expansion projects across Himachal Pradesh was held in Shimla on Monday, jointly organized by the Himachal Pradesh Kisan Sabha, other farmers' groups, property owners, and activists associated with CITU.
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Pakistan intensifies crackdown on Baloch Activists, BYC Leader's Father ab
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Mir Bashir Ahmed, the father of Sabiha Baloch, a senior leader of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), was forcibly taken on April 5, 2025, after being summoned by Syed Fazal Bukhari, the SP of Hub, The Balochistan Post reported. Despite his disappearance nearly three months ago, Sabiha Balo
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Karachi police raid BYC protest, arrest Amna Baloch and three other activi
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The BYC has called on human rights organisations to intervene and hold Pakistan accountable for its ongoing campaign of intimidation and enforced disappearances targeting Baloch activists.
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Congress's Jairam Ramesh raises concerns over Environment Ministry's role
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Thursday raised concerns after 150 civil society groups and activists wrote to the Prime Minister, accusing the Environment Ministry of weakening the Forest Rights Act, 2006.
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Geneva: Photo exhibition highlights persecution of minorities in Banglades
Updated : 8 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The exhibit documented reported attacks on religious minorities--especially Hindus and Buddhists--as well as the detention of journalists and political activists under the current caretaker administration led by Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus.
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Where Is Mahjabeen Baloch? Pakistan's enforced disappearance of polio surv
Updated : 8 months, 4 weeks 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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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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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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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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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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