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Baloch activists hold protest in solidarity with families whose members su
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands] March 2 (ANI): Baloch political activists organised a protest in front of the Royal Palace in Amsterdam to show their solidarity with the families whose members have been subject of enforced disappearances in Pakistan's Balochistan province.
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'Plight of missing persons have increased': NGO highlights issue of enforc
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], February 20 (ANI): The World Sindhi Congress (WSC), an NGO, had a virtual meeting with the United Nations Working Group on Involuntary or Enforced Disappearances, wherein they agreed to make a more concerted efforts to raise the International Community's understanding of the
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Speak to relatives of Baloch missing persons: Maryam Nawaz asks Pak PM
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 18 (ANI): Amid the growing atrocities against the minority communities of Pakistan, PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz has asked Prime Minister Imran Khan to speak to the relatives of the Baloch missing persons who are protesting in Islamabad against the various
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US congressman supports 'Long Walk' organized by Sindhi minorities over en
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 14 (ANI): US congressman, Brad Sherman on Sunday supported "Long Walk' or "Long March" from New York City to Washington DC by Sindhi Foundation, covering a distance of more than 350 miles on foot to draw attention to issues like enforced disappearances, the plight o
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UN experts raise concerns over scourge of enforced disappearances and tort
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 10 (ANI): UN human rights experts have raised concerns about the scourge of enforced disappearances and torture in Pakistan, calling on the Government to uphold its human rights obligations by initiating prompt, thorough and impartial investigations into suc
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Pashtuns hold massive public gathering against enforced disappearances, ki
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
North Waziristan [Pakistan], November 17 (ANI): The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) held a public gathering in Miran Shah, North Waziristan on Sunday, calling for an end to the brutalities in the country in the form of enforced disappearances, killings and abuses of civilians, and asked th
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'Thousands of Pashtuns' protest against Pakistani establishment 'brutaliti
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
North Waziristan [Pakistan], November 15 (ANI): Thousands of Pashtuns on Thursday participated in the protest organised by Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) in North Waziristan against Pakistani establishment "brutalities" in the form of "extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances and unl
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Balochistan facing a pandemic of impunity and abuse of rights, activist te
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Swittzerland], September 29 (ANI): Balochistan is facing a pandemic of impunity and abuse of rights, Baloch activist Munir Mengal told the United Nations on Tuesday while urging the UN working body on enforced disappearances to take appropriate actions to ensure stringent action agai
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Enforced disappearances of Sindhi people by govt agencies continue unabate
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 25 (ANI): Enforced disappearances of Sindhi people by Pakistan agencies continue unabated in the country and abduction is used as a tool to spread terror among the minority communities, said Secretary-General of World Sindhi Congress, Lakhu Luhana on Thursday
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Balochistan struggling to end Pakistan's oppression: Activist at UNHRC
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 25 (ANI): Highlighting the rising incidents of enforced disappearances in Balochistan, President of Baloch Voice Association, Munir Mengal, told United Nations Human Right Council (UNHRC) that people in the region are struggling to end oppression, suppression
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Activists thank British MPs for raising extrajudicial killings, enforced d
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], September 15 (ANI): A Baloch political activist has thanked British Member of Parliament Jonathan Gullis for raising the issue of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances of the Baloch before the British government.
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Enforced disappearances in Pakistan has reached new level of 'brazenness':
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 11 (ANI): Enforced disappearances in Pakistan has reached a level of "brazenness inconceivable" a few years ago, Pakistani newspaper Dawn said in an editorial.
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