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Human Rights Watch report highlights rise in sexual harassment of exiled C
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
China's authorities have long attempted to quash dissent internationally, but there has been a troubling rise in harassment involving sexually explicit letters aimed at activists outside its borders, as highlighted in a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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Challenge mounts for former Nepal PM Oli as dissent grows within CPN-UML
Updated : 2 months, 4 weeks ago IST
KP Sharma Oli and senior vice-chair Ishwar Pokharel have filed their candidacies for the post of party chair. Over 300 central positions are to be elected at the general convention currently underway in Kathmandu.
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Detained BYC leader Mahrang Baloch backs human rights lawyers facing charg
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Detained leader of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), Mahrang Baloch, has voiced her support for human rights attorneys Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha, asserting that the charges against them are indicative of the state's "oppressive tactics" and the application of "colonia
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Pakistan's shadow war on Baloch citizens intensifies
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Four individuals, including a woman, a student poet, a fisherman, and a security guard, were allegedly abducted by Pakistani security forces in separate incidents this week. Families of the missing persons have appealed for their immediate and safe recovery, urging authorities to end what th
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China fails to silence Uyghur leader as UN Forum hears plea on oppression
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
In a powerful intervention at the United Nations Forum on Minority Issues in Geneva, Dolkun Isa, President of the Uyghur Center for Democracy and Human Rights, delivered an impassioned statement highlighting China's systematic repression of Uyghur people despite an attempt by the Chinese de
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Student expelled in China for dissenting views, raising concerns over acad
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
According to The Epoch Times, the expelled student, a physics major who enrolled in 2023, reportedly angered university authorities after openly rejecting Communist ideology during political theory classes. Four classmates filed reports accusing him of "challenging party doctrines" and "disr
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Pakistan faces outrage as NDP demands justice for missing Baloch leaders
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The National Democratic Party (NDP) has accused Pakistan's security agencies of systematically crushing dissent in Balochistan, after the mysterious disappearance of its senior activist Ghani Baloch, who has been missing for six months. The party declared that his abduction represents a dire
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Opposition supporting immigrants under policy of appeasement: Union Minist
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Union Minister Nityanand Rai on Monday lashed out at the Opposition over their dissent on Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, accusing them of supporting illegal immigrants "under a policy of appeasement."
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Former Pak PM Imran Khan-led party condemns "reign of terror" after his si
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
PTI condemned the Punjab government for allegedly assaulting Imran Khan's sisters and supporters outside Adiala Jail. The party announced a nationwide 'black day' on Friday, while leaders accused authorities of violence, denying visitation rights and suppressing dissent, vowing to continue t
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US House passes bill to release Epstein files, will now move to Senate
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The measure passed with overwhelming support, winning a 427-1 vote, with only Republican Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana casting a dissenting vote.
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BASC report reveals sharp rise in killings and disappearances in Balochist
Updated : 4 months ago IST
A new report by the Baloch Advocacy and Studies Centre (BASC) has revealed an alarming surge in enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Balochistan, exposing the scale of Pakistan's violent suppression of dissent amid its drive to exploit the province's mineral wealth.
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BYC accuses Pakistan of waging a legal war to crush Baloch dissent
Updated : 4 months ago IST
According to The Balochistan Post, the BYC said that during a recent jail trial, the CTD again failed to present the full set of challans required in the ongoing case. The organisation alleged that the department has repeatedly stalled proceedings since the arrests of its senior figures, whi
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