According to the UN experts' statement, detained women and girls were taken to police stations, where they received only one meal per day and endured physical torture.
After the alleged detention of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers, who were on their way to protest against the disputed Chandigarh mayoral polls, Delhi minister and AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj said the BJP committed 'fraud' in the elections.
Pakistan's caretaker government clamped down on dissenting media, the political opposition, and nongovernmental organisations in 2023, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2024 on Wednesday.
"The Congress government said that will do this, will give this, etc. Who built the detention camp, who created the D-Voter problem, and who created the NRC problem? The Tarun Gogoi-led Congress government did this," Ajmal said.
The court wrapped up Javed's petition after the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Lahore withdrew the detention orders against her, as informed by the lawyer during the proceedings.
"January 22, 2024, is as important as August 15, 1947; it is equally important as getting Kargil back, and as much as the detention of one lakh soldiers was important in 1971," Rai told ANI.
The Baloch Yakjahti Committee took to social media to share the distressing experience faced by the detained women while urging the Baloch nation to persist in their protests against the treatment of protesters in Islamabad.
Pakistan's former National Assembly (NA) speaker and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Asad Qaiser was released from jail on Wednesday following the withdrawal of his detention order under the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance (MPO), Dawn newspaper reported.
A global human rights group, Amnesty Asia, condemned the arrests and detention of people who participated in the Baloch protest in Dera Ghazi Khan to raise a voice against the terrorism and brutality against the Baloch people on Monday.
Led by Mohammad Asif Laghari, the BYC's long march was intercepted on Shah Sikander Road. The police claimed the participants resisted, leading to the detention of several men and women, although the women were later released.
Rohini Moosa, representing Nikhil Gupta, currently detained in the Czech Republic and facing extradition to US over allegations related to the alleged conspiracy to murder Gurpatwant Singh Pannun,said that a plea has been filed with the Supreme Court of India seeking assistance and the mat