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Amnesty International marks 10 years since China's '709 Crackdown', calls
Updated : 7 months, 1 week 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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Amnesty International slams Pakistan for using anti-terror laws to crush B
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Amnesty International has called for the immediate release of Baloch Yakjehti Committee leaders detained in Pakistan, calling it part of a wider crackdown on peaceful activism. The group raised concerns over torture, denial of medical aid, and misuse of anti-terror laws against Baloch human
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Ten years after '709' crackdown, global call grows to hold China accountab
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Ten years after China launched a sweeping crackdown on human rights lawyers, international rights groups, led by Amnesty International, are urging immediate global action to hold the Chinese government accountable for a decade of ongoing repression.
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Where Is Mahjabeen Baloch? Pakistan's enforced disappearance of polio surv
Updated : 8 months, 2 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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Rights body VBMP demands immediate release of Baloch students amid widespr
Updated : 8 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Mahjabeen Baloch, a Library Science major at the University of Balochistan, and her brother Muhammad Younus Baloch, an engineering student at Khuzdar University, were allegedly apprehended in separate operations in late May.
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Paank condemns continued wave of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial
Updated : 9 months ago IST
It accused the Pakistani Army of forcibly disappearing a resident of Ghatti Dhoor Gwadar and two brothers from Kech's Kapkapar.
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9 Baloch men reportedly forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Baloch
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
Security personnel detained two men in Pasni and took them to an unidentified location.
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Greta Thunberg among activists detained as Gaza-bound aid ship seized by I
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
Greta Thunberg and other activists aboard the Gaza-bound aid ship 'Madleen' were detained by Israel in international waters. Israel claims they ignored Hamas atrocities, while rights groups call the interception illegal. The activists were shown an October 7 attack video and now face depo
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Amnesty International flags enforced disappearances of Baloch students, se
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
Amnesty International has raised alarm over the rising number of enforced disappearances of Baloch students across Pakistan, urging authorities to investigate and release them. The missing include Mahjabeen and Younus Baloch, with rights groups blaming security forces for targeting youth
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Paank condemns extrajudicial killing of Syed Ehsan Shah by FC personnel ne
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
Human rights group Paank condemned the killing of Syed Ehsan Shah by Frontier Corps in Mastung. They called for an independent investigation, prosecution of those involved, protection for the family, and urged international attention to end ongoing state violence against Baloch civilians.
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Paank condemns extrajudicial killing of Ghous Bakhsh in Balochistan, urges
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Paank vehemently denounced the extrajudicial killing of Ghous Bakhsh, a resident of Malar Kahn in the Awaran district of Pakistan's Balochistan.
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Paank condemns enforced disappearance of 21-yr-old Baloch law student in T
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to ground reports, his abduction took place without any legal warrant or judicial oversight, marking yet another incident in the growing pattern of enforced disappearances in Balochistan.
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