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Pakistan: Human rights group condemns extrajudicial detention of youth in
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Paank, the human rights wing of the Baloch National Movement, has condemned the extrajudicial detention and forced disappearance of Zakariya, a young man from Gwadar, by Pakistani security forces. The organisation called for his immediate release and demanded an investigation into the gro
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UK MPs demand stricter laws after report expose Uyghur forced labour in Ch
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
RFA cited a report by a media agency that revealed that 17 products, mainly store-brand items from British and German retailers, are likely made with Chinese tomatoes.
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US continues to target Chinese companies over "forced" labour in Xinjiang
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The VOA stated that on November 22, the US Department of Homeland Security added 29 more Chinese companies to a list of firms banned under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA).
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"Situation is critical, dire": UK MP Jim Shannon condemns religious persec
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
"Minority students are forced to study Islamic content, isolating them further in a society already fraught with prejudice. Economic discrimination compounds those challenges. Non-Muslims are often relegated to low-status jobs with limited opportunity for social or professional mobility. Tha
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"Nothing should be forced on anyone, Bangladesh situation not good": Tripu
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Sunday criticised the current government in Bangladesh and said that the situation there is not good as he stressed that "nothing should be forced on anyone."
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Uyghur leader calls out China's genocide at UN forum amid disruption
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
During his address, Chinese representatives attempted to disrupt the session by falsely accusing the WUC of being a "separatist organization" and demanded that Qurban be silenced. Despite these attempts to intimidate him, Qurban remained steadfast, continuing his speech and highlighting t
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Protests continue at Baloch Medical college, BYC raises forced disappearan
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The demonstrators further accused the authorities of attempting to create divisions between Baloch and Pashtun students.
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Rajasthan Cabinet approves Anti-Conversion bill
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
In a significant move, the Rajasthan Cabinet, approved the Anti-Conversion Bill. The bill, which aims to curb forced religious conversions, will be presented in the state legislature during the upcoming parliament session.
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Relations with India changed after August 5, says Bangladesh Foreign Affai
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Bangladesh Foreign Affairs Adviser Touhid Hossain on Saturday said that the country's relation with India has changed since Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was forced out of the power on August 5 of this year.
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World Uyghurs Congress welcomes Volkswagen's exit from Xinjiang region, ca
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) welcomed Volkswagen's (VW) announcement that it will sell its plant in East Turkistan, a region in which the WUC has long campaigned against the company's ties to forced labour.
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Pakistan forces launch crackdown in Balochistan, over 50 forcibly disappea
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Pakistan forces have launched a series of raids across Balochistan, resulting in the forced disappearance of over 50 individuals. The operations have been carried out in Turbat, Dera Bugti, Sui, Barkhan, and Kalat, with dozens of detentions reported.
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Uttar Pradesh man reunites with family after 3 decades as bonded labourer
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
In a peculiar turn of events, Bhim Singh, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, reunited with his family nearly three decades after being abducted and forced to work as bonded labour for several years.
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