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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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Baloch families protest for missing persons, release of BYC leaders crosse
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Families of missing persons in Balochistan marked the 51st day of their Islamabad sit-in, demanding an end to enforced disappearances and the release of BYC leaders. Despite rain and intimidation, protesters vowed to continue their struggle, while BYC condemned detentions and challenged char
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US State Department accuses China of genocide, crimes against humanity in
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The US State Department's human rights report accused China of "genocide and crimes against humanity" against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities, citing mass detentions, forced labour, and re-education programs. It highlighted severe restrictions on free expression, systemic discrimination,
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Pakistan: Sit-in by families of Baloch missing persons continues in Islama
Updated : 7 months ago IST
A sit-in by families of Balochistan's missing persons in Islamabad entered its 31st day, with demonstrators accusing police of harassment and force. Despite restrictions, they held a seminar condemning enforced disappearances, extrajudicial detentions, and human rights abuses, calling for de
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Andhra: YSRCP leaders meets DGP, demands immediate action on "police bias"
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Led by MLCs Lella Appi Reddy and Ramesh Yadav, Vijayawada Mayor Rayana Bhagyalakshmi, former Minister Merugu Nagarjuna, former MLAs Malladi Vishnu, TJR Sudhakar Babu, Kaile Anil, Devineni Avinash, and party leaders Narayanamurthy and D. Chakravarthy, the team highlighted how police, acting a
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Argentina court opens door to justice against China's Uyghur genocide
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Argentina's top criminal court has allowed a genocide case against Chinese officials to proceed, brought by Uyghur victims. The ruling, based on universal jurisdiction, offers hope for justice over alleged abuses in Xinjiang, including mass detentions and torture, and could set a global prec
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"Uyghurs are facing a full-fledged genocide": Rushan Abbas calls out China
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Rushan Abbas, Founder and Executive Director of the Campaign for Uyghurs, called the persecution of Uyghurs in Xinjiang an "active and full-fledged genocide" in a discussion with The Epoch Times, detailing mass detentions, forced labour, sterilisation, organ harvesting, and transnational rep
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From protest to prison: Pakistan's war on Baloch political expression esca
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Concerns have been reignited among families, political groups, and civil society in Balochistan regarding what they refer to as a persistent trend of enforced disappearances, lengthy detentions, and the alleged abuse of anti-terrorism legislation targeting political activists and students in
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Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar approaches Calcutta High Court, seeks judi
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
In a significant legal development, Union Minister of State for Education and DoNER Sukanta Majumdar has filed a writ petition before the Calcutta High Court challenging repeated illegal and arbitrary detentions by the state authorities.
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Paank denounces torture, unlawful detentions in Balochistan on Internation
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The group also condemned the continued detention of Baloch leaders despite expired orders, urging immediate release and accountability.
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Paank denounces rising wave of enforced disappearances by Pakistani forces
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
Paank, the human rights wing of the Baloch National Movement (BNM), has strongly condemned the continued practice of enforced disappearances carried out by Pakistani security forces in Balochistan, citing a sharp rise in illegal detentions under the cover of controversial legislation.
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UK lawmaker slams China over Uyghur abuses, calls for global action
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Baroness Helena Kennedy KC, UK House of Lords member and leading human rights lawyer, condemned China's abuses against Uyghur Muslims at the East Turkistan Uyghur Summit, calling them "crimes against humanity" and urging global action to end the repression in Xinjiang. She detailed mass d
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