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Human rights advocate Senge Sering alleges systemic neglect in PoGB as res
Updated : 2 weeks, 2 days ago IST
Sering said women in PoGB are increasingly coming forward to demand fundamental rights, including access to water, electricity and sanitation. Referring to a recent viral video from Gilgit city, he described how a woman protested against the absence of essential services in her locality....
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Kashmir Solidarity Day a "symbol of hypocrisy," says Senge Sering
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
President of the Institute for Gilgit Baltistan Studies (IGBS), Washington DC, Senge Sering, has strongly criticised Pakistan's observance of Kashmir Solidarity Day on February 5, declaring it a "Kashmir Hypocrisy Day" and accusing Islamabad of ignoring alleged human rights violations in ter
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Pakistan's deceptive peace move masks brutal occupation in PoJK
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Pakistan's recent "peace deal" with protesters in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (POJK) is being viewed as a desperate and hollow move to buy time, mislead the global community, and conceal the country's decades-long oppression in the region.
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Gilgit-Baltistan turmoil deepens amid Land Law backlash
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan faces a worsening political and human rights crisis, with activists accusing Pakistan of oppression and land seizures. Crackdowns on leaders and protests, especially led by women, have intensified. Locals fear the government will use force to suppress growing resistance agai
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Gilgit Baltistan: Human rights organisations criticise Pakistan on Falak N
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The human rights activists who participated in the conference seconded the demand being raised by the people of GB, for a safe return and a thorough investigation of the case of Falak Noor, a minor girl belonging to Sultanabad who had been kidnapped in January.
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Activist from Gilgit Baltistan raises human rights issues at UNHRC
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
He highlighted how coercive measures were adopted in Gilgit Baltistan by a state-owned telecom company Special Communications Organisation and has curtailed and curbed rights to freedom of expression in urban and rural areas of Gilgit Baltistan, affecting human rights of local people.
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Lawlessness, illiteracy reasons for 'honour killings' in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Pakistani newspaper said of the 417 people, 152 were men and 265 were women. Around 152 incidents of honour killings were reported in Punjab province. Sindh stood second with 96 cases.
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Political, human right activists call Pakistan-occupied Kashmir a state in
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 19 (ANI): Amid Islamabad's unsuccessful efforts to constitutionally integrate Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit Baltistan, human rights activists from the region along with journalists, lawyers and thinkers from Pakistan raised the human rights situat
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Pakistan must withdraw from Gilgit-Baltistan for peace: Nadeem Nusrat
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [United States], May 29 (ANI): Chairman of South Asia Minorities Alliance Foundation Nadeem Nusrat has fully endorsed the statement of Gilgit-Baltistan human rights activist Senge H. Sering over the imposition of Gligit-Baltistan Order, 2018 in the disputed territory and has as
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PoK activists hold anti-Pakistan protest outside UN office
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 13 (ANI): Political activists from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) held a massive protest outside the United Nations office here on Tuesday against the gross human rights violations committed by Pakistani state in the region.
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