Search For "dissent"
Amjad Ayub Mirza slams Pakistan's CTD expansion in PoGB, calls it move to
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Political analyst and rights campaigner Amjad Ayub Mirza has sharply criticised Pakistan's decision to extend the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) into Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB), warning that the measure is intended to suppress local opposition rather than tackle militancy.
Read More
Baloch activist Mahrang Baloch slams Pakistan's "weaponised" anti-terror a
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Baloch activist Mahrang Baloch condemned Pakistan's amendments to the Anti-Terrorism Act, calling them a tool to silence peaceful dissent. She highlighted enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and attacks on Baloch civilians, urging her community to resist fear and continue the
Read More
China's crackdown deepens: Lawyers, activists, and minorities face escalat
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
China's human rights situation draws global concern as lawyers, activists, and ethnic minorities face growing repression. Laws targeting ethnic unity and cybersecurity increase pressure on Tibetans, Uyghurs, and dissenters. Despite risks, activists, including feminists and Qi Hong, continue
Read More
Tibetan leader A-Nya Sengdra faces an extended jail term amid rights outcr
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Chinese authorities have extended Tibetan activist A-Nya Sengdra's prison term, delaying his release to February 2026. Known for fighting corruption and environmental crimes, he has faced isolation and health concerns. Rights groups warn this reflects China's ongoing crackdown on Tibetan com
Read More
Himachal Assembly passes resolution urging Centre to declare rain, flood d
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Himachal Pradesh, battered by incessant monsoon rains, witnessed rare political unanimity on Wednesday when the State Assembly passed a resolution under Rule 102, urging the Union Government to declare the ongoing rain and flood-induced destruction as a national calamity and to sanction a s
Read More
"Centre is suppressing dissent...its an attack on the sanctity of democrac
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Tuesday backed Rahul Gandhi's allegations regarding irregularities in the voter list.
Read More
"Reward given to a minister for speaking truth": Union Minister Karandlaje
Updated : 7 months ago IST
In a post on X, Karandlaje claimed that the Congress was "scared of the truth" and was hiding behind "false allegations" to silence dissent within its ranks.
Read More
PoJK Doctor barred from leaving Pakistan, sparks outcry over rights violat
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Following India's "Operation Sindoor," Pakistan is intensifying its efforts to suppress dissent in both Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) and Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB), regions that have been unlawfully occupied by Pakistan since 1947.
Read More
Former Mali PM charged over social media post supporting political prisone
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Former Mali PM Moussa Mara has been jailed for a social media post supporting political prisoners. He faces charges of undermining state authority and spreading false information. His trial is set for September 29, amid growing repression under Mali's military rulers following recent pro-dem
Read More
"If you cannot defeat us, you seek to delete us," CM MK Stalin amid protes
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin alleged that Special Intensive Revision is being misused to quietly "erase" voters from disadvantaged and dissenting communities as both Houses of the Parliament were adjourned till Monday after uproar over the exercise in the poll-bound Bihar.
Read More
Baloch students targeted in capital: Pakistan expands crackdown beyond Bal
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Reports of enforced disappearances continue to emerge, with three new cases involving Baloch youth allegedly taken by Pakistani security forces, deepening fears of an intensifying crackdown on dissent and student activism in the region, as reported by The Balochistan Post.
Read More
HRCP slams Pakistan's mass censorship, 27 YouTube channels blocked without
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
In a post on X, HRCP stated that the wholesale blocking of entire channels, rather than addressing individual instances of unlawful or hateful speech through due process, represents a dangerous conflation of dissent with criminal activity.
Read More