The title was given to human rights lawyers Chow Hang-tung and Ding Jiaxi. The third recipient of this title is Jimmy Lai, an individual involved in free media advocacy.
He urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to appoint a special envoy to investigate the situation in Sindh, stating that this could potentially save millions of Sindhis from the pervasive racial discrimination they face in Pakistan.
Human rights activists condemned Pakistan on Thursday for a range of severe human rights violations, including enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detentions, and torture aimed at silencing dissent.
During the ongoing 57th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Sammul Baloch, representing the Baloch National Movement (BNM), condemned Pakistan for its severe human rights violations in Balochistan. Her speech detailed the ongoing repression and called for international attentio
Executive Director of the Sindhi Foundation, Sufi Laghari, addressed the 57th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva and urged the UN Human Rights Council to give urgent and special attention to Sindh.
It further called USCIRF a "biassed organisation" with a political agenda, which continues to misrepresent facts and peddles a "motivated narrative" about India.
Jamal Baloch, Media Coordinator of Paank, the human rights wing of the Baloch National Movement (BNM), discussed the issues of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Balochistan on the sidelines of the 57th session of the Human Rights Council.
Sajid Hussain, Secretary of Information for the United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP), raised serious concerns over ongoing human rights abuses in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir during the ongoing 57th session of the Human Rights Council.
Azaz Syed is facing threats and a targeted online harassment campaign following his critical comments on blasphemy allegations and the rise of extremism in Pakistan.
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) recently condemned the deteriorating law and order situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, urging the government to combat extremism and protect the lives and rights of citizens.
WUC's Interim President Erkin Ekrem underscored that October 1 symbolises the loss of freedom for Uyghurs and called for unity against the Chinese government's brutal violations of human rights, which target cultural and religious identities and suppress dissent.