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Balochistan registers 5 new cases of enforced disappearance in 2 days
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], June 10 (ANI): Five new cases of enforced disappearance have been reported from Kech and Panjgur district of Balochistan in just two days, the local media reported.
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World Sindhi Congress urges UN group to inquiry into enforced disappearanc
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 4 (ANI): The World Sindhi Congress (WSC), a UK-based prominent group of the Sindhi diaspora, has requested the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) to initiate an inquiry into the secret abduction and forced imprisonment by the state of Pakista
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Activists, families continue protests against human rights violations in B
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Quetta [Pakistan], May 26 (ANI): Political activists and families of missing persons in Balochistan have been protesting for weeks to secure the safe release of their loved ones.
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Dissidents condemn enforced disappearances, state-sanctioned killings, dim
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], May 19 (ANI): Expressing concerns over enforced disappearances, state-sanctioned killings in Pakistan, prominent Pakistani dissidents, human rights defenders, and peace activists from around the world have asserted that repression by authorities in the country has incre
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UN Working Group on Enforced Disappearances seeks permission to visit Paki
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 17 (ANI): A UN Working Group on Enforced Disappearances has sent several requests to Pakistan government to visit the country, especially Sindh province, to investigate the cases of enforced disappearances, but is still waiting to get permission.
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World Sindhi Congress' highlights issue of enforced disappearances in Sind
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 15 (ANI): A delegation of World Sindhi Congress (WSC) attended a virtual session of the United Nations' Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) during which they highlighted the incidents of enforced disappearances in Sindh.
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In another case of human rights abuse, 2 Baloch students forcibly disappea
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Quetta [Balochistan], May 12 (ANI): The Pakistan military has forcibly disappeared two varsity students from Balochistan in yet another case of human rights abuse by the establishment in the province.
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FIR against former Punjab DGP in 29-year-old case
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 7 (ANI): An FIR has been registered against former Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Sumedh Singh Saini in connection with the disappearance of Balwant Singh Multani in 1991.
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Why is China silent over disappearances of Covid-19 whistleblowers?
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 20 (ANI): Human rights advocates fear that the Chinese authorities have been secretly terrorising lawyers and activists speaking up about the coronavirus outbreak and are being branded as enemies of the state in the process.
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World Sindhi Congress urges UNHRC to hold Pakistan accountable for human r
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva (Switzerland), Mar 13 (ANI): Condemning Pakistan over enforced disappearances and persecution of minorities in Sindh, World Sindhi Congress on Wednesday urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to hold Pakistan government accountable for the violation of human rights o
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US Embassy launches podcast series focusing on women's disappearance from
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 11 (ANI): The United States Embassy in New Delhi has launched a podcast series 'Women in Labour' focusing on why women are disappearing from India's workforce and what could be done about it.
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Protest outside Karachi Press Club against enforced disappearances
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Feb 24 (ANI): A massive protest was held outside the Karachi Press Club (KPC) on Sunday against the rising incidents of enforced disappearances in Karachi city and other parts of Sindh province of Pakistan.
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