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EU rights group, UN experts condemn detention of Baloch activists in Pakis
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The organisation also expressed concern over the "attempted arbitrary detention" of WHRD Sabiha Baloch on 5 April, stating that her family has since been threatened, which seems to be "a direct retaliation for her human rights advocacy in Balochistan."
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UN to review detention of Baloch activist Mahrang Baloch
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The case of Baloch human rights activist Dr Mahrang Baloch has been officially accepted for review by the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, as reported by The Balochistan Post (TBP).
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BNM intensifies global advocacy against human rights abuses in Balochistan
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
The Baloch National Movement (BNM) has intensified its international outreach to spotlight human rights abuses in Balochistan, including the arbitrary detention of activists like Mahrang Baloch. With backing from lawmakers in the UK, EU, US, and Ireland, BNM has engaged the UN and foreign
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BNM announces global protests to highlight human rights violations in Balo
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
These protests will highlight the concerning increase in enforced disappearances, arbitrary detentions of Baloch political activists, and false allegations used to suppress dissent, the post noted.
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Pak: Paank condemns enforced disappearances in Balochistan, calls for glob
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Paank condemns the arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance of Beebagr Baloch and his brother Hammal Baloch, who is being held at Bijligar Tana, Quetta, and Ilyas Baloch, who is now being imprisoned at Huda Jail, Quetta.
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Canada targets Chinese officials with sanctions over human rights abuses
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The Canadian government's decision came in response to ongoing reports of systemic repression and abuses in China, including arbitrary detention, forced labour, and violence against ethnic and religious minorities. Specifically, the sanctions addressed the Chinese government's treatment of U
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Geneva: Activists at UN highlight rampant human rights abuses in Pakistan
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Human rights activists condemned Pakistan on Thursday for a range of severe human rights violations, including enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detentions, and torture aimed at silencing dissent.
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Imran Khan's prosecution in Toshakhana, cipher cases 'without legal basis,
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention stressed that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan's detention and prosecution in the first Toshakhana case and Cipher case were "without legal basis" and were politically motivated, reported Dawn.
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World Uyghur Congress praises UN effort for release of 43 Uyghurs detained
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The UN letter urged the Thai government to provide information on the decade-long arbitrary detention of the Uyghur men, their access to medical care, and the detention conditions where they are being held while expressing their concerns about the held Uyghur prisoners. Additionally, the let
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US report exposes arbitrary detention of Uyghurs, other Muslim minority gr
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
From criminal prosecution of journalists to the prohibition of independent trade unions, the findings underscore a troubling pattern of oppression and injustice.
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Pakistan rarely took steps to identify, punish officials committing human
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Pakistan has been witnessing some significant human rights issues including, extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearance and arbitrary detention among many others. However, their government rarely took credible steps to identify and punish officials who may have committed these abuses,
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Rights group organises virtual discussion to highlight China's atrocities
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP), organized a virtual discussion to highlight mass arbitrary detention, torture, enforced disappearances, mass surveillance, cultural and religious persecution, separation of families, forced labor, sexual violence, and violations of reproductive rights
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