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Norwegian investigating Baloch disappearances in Pakistan brutally torture
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): A Norwegian national and Human Rights Activist Ehsan Arjemandi, who went to Pakistan to investigate a large number of enforced disappearances of Baloch people was arbitrarily detained and brutally tortured.
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Climate change responsible for disappearance of Tibetan Kingdom?
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], May 17 (ANI): Temperature sensitivity tests on barley distribution, the principal cultivated cereal in Tibet, suggest that climate change or a decline in temperature led to a decreased crop yield that may have factored into the disappearance of the Guge Kingdom in Western Tibe
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Activist writes to international rights organizations to act against enfor
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Quetta [Balochistan], May 13 (ANI): Calling for immediate action regarding the enforced disappearances of women and children in Balochistan over the past many years, a Baloch activist, has written a letter to more than 23 international human rights organizations.
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Why are Baloch resisting?
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 12 (ANI): Four Baloch youth have been abducted from Karachi and Quetta in the last twenty-four hours. One among them is a scholar and two others are students of Karachi University.
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Enforced disappearances in Pakistan: Baloch Voice Association urges UN bod
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva, [Switzerland], May 11 (ANI): Representatives of the Baloch Voice Association (BVA) met with the United Nations Working Group over the issue of enforced disappearances in Pakistan and urged the UN body to appoint a special rapporteur.
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Pakistan: Protests held against forced disappearances in Balochistan on Ei
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi/Turbat [Pakistan], May 4 (ANI): On the occasion of Eid on Tuesday, families of Baloch missing persons held a protest against the Pakistan government and security agencies at Karachi Press Club, demanding the safe release of their loved ones.
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Protest held in Turbat against enforced disappearances of Baloch students
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 4 (ANI): Students from different educational institutions held a protest in Turbat city of Ketch district in Balochistan against enforced disappearances.
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Pakistan: IHC seeks report on 'enforced disappearances'
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 1 (ANI): After hearing the case of a missing journalist, Mudassir Naru on April 22, the Islamabad High Court Chief Justice released a written order to seek a report from the government on enforced disappearances of people, administering the deputy attorney general t
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Pakistan: Sindh Commission for Women airs concerns over abduction of minor
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], May 1 (ANI): In the case of the mysterious disappearance of two girls from Karachi, the Sindh Commission on the Status of Women (SCSW), while highlighting the recent trend of minor girls being abducted, said that the girls must be recovered and brought back to Karachi and a
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Address human rights violations seriously: Hina Jilani to Pak Government
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 30 (ANI): Amid rising cases of forced disappearances in the country, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) chairperson Hina Jilani on Friday asked the Shehbaz Sharif's government not to take the issues of human rights violations lightly.
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Pakistan political parties call for resolution to Balochistan's issues thr
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 28 (ANI): Pakistan's political parties Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the National Party were unanimous in calling for a solution to Balochistan's issues through political dialogue and not through military operations in
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Sindh: Missing persons' families reject one-time compensation, demand mont
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 27 (ANI): Families of the missing persons had rejected the one-time compensation provided by the Sindh home department, according to petitioners' counsel at Sindh High Coury, adding that however, the families may consider monthly compensation.
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