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Pak: Families plead for justice as enforced disappearances continue in Bal
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A series of alarming reports of enforced disappearances has emerged from Balochistan, with five individuals allegedly abducted from various districts in recent weeks. Families of the victims have raised urgent appeals for their safe recovery, calling attention to the ongoing human rights cr
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Delhi HC raises alarm over student suicides, declines to intervene in UGC
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
This came as the Court disposed of two petitions filed by the Aman Satya Kachroo Trust, which had challenged the University Grants Commission's (UGC) decision to award the National Ragging Prevention Programme contract to the Centre for Youth (C4Y) Society.
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UNHRC's Volker Turk raises alarm on global human rights crisis as Tibet fa
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
At the UNHRC, High Commissioner Volker Turk warned that human rights face global threats, citing conflicts, shrinking freedoms, and discrimination. Despite some progress, Tibetans endure repression, cultural assimilation, and arbitrary detentions. He urged urgent international action to prot
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Glacier melt and water crisis loom as forest cover shrinks in PoJK
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Speaking at a recent climate awareness session, Rafiq highlighted the direct link between rising temperatures, glacier melt, and the alarming decline in forest cover across the region.
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Pakistan journalists, activists raise alarm over press freedom restriction
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Journalists and rights activists in Islamabad expressed concerns over growing restrictions on press freedom, comparing it to censorship under General Ziaul Haq. Tributes were paid to veteran journalists Nisar Osmani and CR Shamsi, while speakers urged unity to resist media curbs and uphold a
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Sri Ramakrishna Hospital Cardiologists Urge Public to Treat Sleep as a Vit
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 5: Sri Ramakrishna Hospital is sounding the alarm on a growing, yet often overlooked, risk factor for heart disease: poor sleep. From late-night screen time and shift work to untreated sleep disorders, inadequate or poor-quality sleep is increasingl
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HRFP expresses deep concern over violence against religious minorities in
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) has raised alarm over rising violence and discrimination against religious minorities, documenting cases of mob attacks, forced conversions, abductions, killings, and misuse of blasphemy laws across Pakistan, while urging justice and protection for vulnerab
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China's oil rigs near Dongsha spark alarm over grey zone tactics
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to Taiwan News, Beijing has installed 12 permanent or semi-permanent drilling rigs, along with three storage ships and two semi-submersible oil platforms, all operated by the state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corporation. These facilities have reportedly been in place since a
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Illegal constructions, weak drainage systems worsen PoJK's disaster vulner
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
People in Pakistan-occupied Jammu Kashmir (PoJK) are raising alarm over illegal constructions in PoJK. An official in PoJK, Khalid Mahmood Mirza, has raised concerns that the unchecked rise of the illegal construction along natural watercourses is creating dangerous consequences for communit
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WUC's weekly brief: Uyghur and Kazakh persecution sparks international ala
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Kazakh national Alimnur Turganbay went missing after detention at the China-Kazakhstan border, raising rights concerns. Reports link his case to Beijing's crackdown on Uyghurs and Kazakhs. Meanwhile, Intel's past China ties and UK imports from East Turkistan face criticism as WUC urges stron
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China faces criticism as Uyghur families still suffer, 3 years after UN Xi
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Amnesty International has raised fresh alarm that Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang remain under relentless repression, three years after the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released its landmark assessment on 31 August 2022. That report concluded that serious
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'NARI 2025' reveals alarming statistics about women's safety, 40% women fe
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
As fer the findings, Ranchi, Srinagar, Kolkata, Delhi, Faridabad, Patna, and Jaipur were ranked as the least safe cities for women in India, while Kohima, Vishakhapatnam, Bhubaneswar, Aizawl, Gangtok, Itanagar, and Mumbai are considered among the safest cities for women.
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