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Afghanistan: UN experts express concerns over arbitrary detention of women
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
In a recent report, United Nations experts voiced concerns about the Taliban's "arbitrary" arrest of women and children in Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan: UNAMA calls for halt on arbitrary detentions of journalists
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The United Nations Assistance Mission (UNAMA) has called on the Taliban to stop arbitrarily detaining journalists in Afghanistan, according to Khaama Press.
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EU calls for immediate release of detained women in Afghanistan
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The European Union (EU) has called for the immediate release of women detained in Afghanistan for defending their and others’ rights and said arbitrary detentions undermine the caretaker government’s domestic legitimacy, Khaama Press reported.
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Amnesty International slams Pakistan for cases of enforced disappearances
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Amnesty International slammed Pakistan over the multiple cases of enforced disappearance, and secret and arbitrary detentions and called out the authorities to take action and work towards ending this practice.
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Student activists in PoK released after torture, arbitrary detention
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A majority of them including Ali Shamraiz, Raja Noman Asif, Raja Etsham, Irfan Ahmed and Faisal Aurangzaib were members of the student wing of United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP).
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Rule of law in Pakistan is under serious threat: UHNRC High Commissioner
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
"One more situation that is of deep concern to me is that in Pakistan, hard-earned gains and the rule of law are at serious risk. I am alarmed by the recent escalation of violence, and by reports of mass arrests carried out under problematic laws, arrests that may amount to arbitrary detenti
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Xi's crackdown on major tech companies continues to hurt China's super-ric
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Under President Xi Jinping's stringent wealth crackdown, there are fears of arbitrary detention, expropriation, or at the least trumped-up charges. These anxieties are fueling an emigration trend among the Chinese ultrarich.
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Pak rights group condemns FIR against Pashtun leader Manzoor Pashteen
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader Manzoor Pashteen has been booked on terrorism charges for making a speech on the state's reluctance to criminalise enforced disappearance and arbitrary detentions.
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Pakistan: PTM leader Pashteen booked on terrorism charges for speech on ex
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
PTM leader Manzoor Pashteen booked on terrorism charges for speaking out about state reluctance to criminalise enforced disappearance.
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Targeting China, EU seeks to ban products made with forced labour
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], September 10 (ANI): In a move to target China, concerned about human rights violations in the province of Xinjiang, the 27-member country European Union (EU) seeks to ban products made with forced labour.
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High time situation of Uyghurs is discussed in UN Security Council: World
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], September 8 (ANI): In the wake of serious human rights violations against Uyghur minorities in China, the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) said that it is about time that the situation of Uyghurs should be discussed at the UN security council and the human rights council.
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China must address human rights violations, world must not turn a blind ey
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 7 (ANI): Independent UN experts said on Wednesday that profound concerns over systematic human rights violations and their widespread effect on individuals and minorities in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region cannot, and should not, be ignored by the in
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