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Grave human rights violations continue non-stop in Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Grave human rights violations continued unabated, including enforced disappearances, torture, crackdowns on peaceful protests, attacks against journalists and violence against religious minorities and other marginalised groups in Pakistan, reported Amnesty International South Asia.
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Baloch rights body urges UN to investigate enforced disappearances in Balo
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Baloch Voice Association, an NGO based in Paris have called upon UN Rapporteurs and the UN bodies to conduct a thorough investigation into the cases of enforced disappearances of Baloch women and hold the perpetrators accountable for their actions.
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Exiled Pak journalist Taha Siddiqui shares his tale in comic book-style au
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Taha Siddiqui, an award-winning journalist who fled Pakistan after escaping a kidnapping attempt, shared his tale in the comic book-style autobiography "Dissident Club," reported France24.
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India slams Pakistan at UNHRC, warns against spreading propaganda, attempt
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Indian diplomat said that the democracy of India is mature enough to address any issues, including those instigated from outside. He said that minorities in Pakistan face blasphemy laws, systemic persecution, discrimination, denial of basic rights and freedoms, enforced disappearances and ki
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NGO terror funding case: NIA arrests program coordinator of J-K Coalition
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
The arrested person has been identified as Khurram Parvez, the program coordinator of Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Societies (JKCCS), and Chairperson of Philippines based NGO Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD).
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Baloch rights group South Korea chapter to hold protest against forceful a
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
The protest will take place on March 26 at Busan city in front of the Busan station from 15:00 to 17:00 pm (local time).
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Activists raise concerns over human rights situation in PoK, Gilgit Baltis
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Organised by the United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) at John Knox Center, the participants including intellectuals and researchers discussed about radicalism, exploitation of resources, enforced disappearances and other issues concerning the region.
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Atrocities against Baloch people highlighted at UNHCR
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
While addressing the UNHRC, Munir Mengal, a Baloch political and human rights activist, said, "I stand before you to draw your attention to the ongoing human rights violation against the Baloch people in Pakistan. The Baloch people have been subjected to a range of abuses including disappear
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World Sindhi Congress protests in front of UNHRC against human rights viol
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The protest was held against the ongoing human rights atrocities perpetrated by Pakistan against the Sindhi people.
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Baloch Human Rights Council urges UN to hold Pakistan accountable for crim
Updated : 3 years ago IST
In the seminar, speakers gave detailed presentations of the human rights situation in Balochistan and Sindh, particularly the cases of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings of socio-political and human rights defenders.
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Women activists at frontline of war against enforced disappearances in Pak
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Despite the threats, harassment, false police cases, use of force and surveillance, delay in justice, and debilitating uncertainty, the women from the families of the disappeared have refused to cede space to the perpetrators and to the state apparatus trampling on their rights.
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Baloch groups ask UN to recognize women's struggle against enforced disapp
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to the 2022 data, out of 787 enforced disappearances, 101 women were victims of enforced disappearances. However, instead of addressing their concerns, the Pakistani state has continued to ignore their plight, and the practice of enforced disappearance has gradually increased.
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