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Protest continues in Sindh against enforced disappearances of political ac
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad [Pakistan], July 21 (ANI): Family members of victims held a massive protest rally outside Hyderabad Press Club in Pakistan's Sindh province to stop enforced disappearances of political activists by the security agencies.
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Sindh women hold protest against enforced disappearances of activists
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Nawabshah [Pakistan], July 13 (ANI): A massive protest was held in Nawabshah city of Pakistan's Sindh province on Sunday to denounce enforced disappearances of political activists by the country's spy agencies, including the ISI, as well as the army.
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BHRC condemns Pakistan's reprisal against families of Baloch dissidents
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 2 (ANI): The Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC) has strongly condemned Pakistan's act of reprisal against the families of Baloch dissidents, saying it is quite concerning that the state establishment is using every possible instance to justify enforced disappearances.
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UN experts appalled by enforced disappearance of Pak activist Idris Khatta
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 2 (ANI): UN human rights experts have condemned the enforced disappearance of Idris Khattak, a Pakistani human rights defender, calling it an "intolerable attack" on his legitimate work against a range of human rights and minority violations in the Khyber Pakhtunkh
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Massive protest in Karachi against enforced disappearances in Sindh
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Karachi, [Pakistan] June 28 (ANI): Police, paramilitary rangers and other law enforcement agencies arrested several men and women, including students protesting against enforced disappearances in Sindh from Karachi press club on Saturday.
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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, 9 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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Why is China silent over disappearances of Covid-19 whistleblowers?
Updated : 5 years, 10 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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