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'Voice for Baloch Missing person' organises protest rally against forced d
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Mama Qadeer, Chairman of 'Voice for Baloch Missing person' led the protest rally at Quetta Press Club.
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How Pakistan failed to safeguard citizens from political and economic expl
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The incidents of enforced disappearances, the safety of religious minorities or lack thereof, and the diminishing rights of women and children have remained a grave cause of concern. The year 2022 was chaotic and fatal for the people in Pakistan. The devastating floods last monsoon led to ex
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Political instability in Pakistan increased crime: HRCP
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
According to the HRCP, incidents of violence against religious minorities and transgenders, blasphemy cases and incitement have also increased. The HRCP released these details in a report on the human rights situation in Pakistan in 2022 released on Wednesday.
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Pakistan: Sindhis hold protest rally against forced conversions of Hindu g
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A large number of Sindhis joined a protest rally in Sann of Pakistan's Sindh province to condemn the forced conversion of Hindu girls, enforced disappearances and genocide of Sindhi political activists.
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Pakistan: Protests held across Balochistan, Islamabad on Eid
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Demonstrators from diverse backgrounds called for the safe recovery of missing persons and an end to the long-standing issue of enforced disappearances in Balochistan, a tactic human rights organizations accuse the Pakistani state of using to suppress dissent.
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Pashtuns seek world's attention to address their untold sufferings in Paki
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Pashtun civilians are deliberately mislabelled, harassed, and used as a political tool by Islamabad in order for the country to earn international praise for supposedly combating terrorism.
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Pak human rights body raises alarm over abysmal human rights situation in
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
It noted that Balochistan faces mounting public frustration pertaining to enforced disappearances, economic exclusion, curbs on press freedom, misgovernance and allegations of political manipulation by the establishment.
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Pakistan: Sindh Transport Association raises concern about enforced disapp
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
United Sindh Goods Transport Association's office-bearers have urged the governor and Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah to help recover the organisation's senior vice president, Raees Qureshi, who was picked up by police in plain clothes on Thursday, Pakistan-based Dawn newspaper r
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Pakistan rights panel raises alarm over growing public frustration over en
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has sounded alarm over growing public frustration pertaining to enforced disappearances, economic exclusion, curbs on press freedom, misgovernance and allegations of political manipulation by the establishment in Balochistan, Geo News reported.
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2022 was full of misery, fear for people of Balochistan: Human Rights Grou
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
According to the human rights group, the worsening plight of families of enforced disappearances continued as the dead bodies of their loved ones continued to appear in desolated areas despite continuous protests and demonstrations and assurances from the government.
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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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