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Exhibition at UNHRC highlights plight of minorities and terror links in Pa
Updated : 4 days, 5 hours ago IST
The exhibition displayed a series of photographs and visual documentation portraying the hardships faced by religious and ethnic minorities, including Hindus, Christians, Sindhis, and Balochs, it also highlighted the constant oppression in Balochistan through enforced disappearances of yo
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HRW warns China's draft 'Ethnic Unity' law could intensify repression, era
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
The 62-article draft Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress was submitted to the National People's Congress on September 8, 2025. An official explanatory document states that the law "implements General Secretary Xi Jinping's important thinking" on ethnic affairs and promotes "the common
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China tightens curbs on Tibetan religious life, bars children under 18 fro
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Notices stating "Children under 18 are not allowed in the monastery" were reportedly posted at the monastery entrance in Kham, indicating stricter enforcement of long-standing regulations restricting minors' involvement in religious life, according to Phayul.
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Pakistan: 113 enforced disappearance cases disposed of in September
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Pakistan's Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances disposed of 113 cases in September, with 14 people returning home, Dawn reported. Since 2011, it has received 10,636 cases, resolving 84 per cent. Civil society, UN and the Supreme Court have urged stronger action to end enforced di
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Bangladesh minorities face growing persecution, GHRD alerts UN Human Rig
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
At the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the UN-EU Human Rights Officer, Charlotte Zehrer from Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD), in her oral intervention, has drawn international attention to the precarious conditions faced by ethnic and religious minorities
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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
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China faces criticism as Uyghur families still suffer, 3 years after UN Xi
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Amnesty International has raised fresh alarm that Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang remain under relentless repression, three years after the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released its landmark assessment on 31 August 2022. That report concluded that serious
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China continues to persecute its Uyghur populace
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
China's harsh treatment of ethnic minorities, such as Muslim Uyghurs in the northwest province of Xinjiang, has not garnered as much international attention in recent times. This must delight the government in Beijing, especially given its earlier notoriety for a sophisticated network of co
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US bill seeks fast asylum process for Uyghurs facing persecution in China
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A bipartisan group of twelve US House representatives has introduced a bill aimed at making it easier for Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities fleeing persecution in China to seek asylum in the United States, as reported by Radio Free Asia (RFA).
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Violence against minorities continues in Bangladesh, says Minority group
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, the largest minority group in Bangladesh, on Wednesday claimed that violence against religious-ethnic minorities and indigenous peoples continues as before.
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Uyghur advocates press for stronger enforcement of forced labor laws and X
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
After President-elect Donald Trump's victory, leaders within the Uyghur American community are urging the US to refocus on the human rights violations in Xinjiang, the north-western region of China where Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities have faced severe oppression.
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Geneva: Kashmiri activist raises concern over persecution of religious min
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Javed Beigh, a political activist from Jammu and Kashmir, raised concerns about the ongoing persecution of religious and ethnic minorities in Pakistan during an event at the Geneva Press Club.
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