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Baloch nationalists being targeted in all operations by Pak: AHRC report
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Aug. 16 (ANI): Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), a Hong Kong based organisation in its reports has highlighted that Balochistan Province continues to suffer the wrath of law enforcement agencies with Baloch nationalists being targeted in all of the operations.
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Pakistan throws iron curtain across Kashmir, Gilgit as protests break outs
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London, Aug 16 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir National Independence Alliance (JKNIA), a UK -based umbrella alliance comprising Kashmiri diaspora and civil organisations, held a protest demonstration outside the Pakistani High Commission in London seeking global pressure on Pakistan for human r
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Asian Human Rights Commission accuses Pakistan of police excesses in Gilgi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Aug.11 (ANI): The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has accused Pakistan of encouraging police excesses and torture in the Gilgit-Baltistan region and called on the state to immediately ensure accountability and put in place a mechanism of checks and balances to prevent such in
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Irom Sharmila hints at JD (U) support, says Manipuris 'misunderstood
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Imphal, Aug 10 (ANI): Continuing to keep a shroud of mystery on her future political plans, human rights activist Irom Chanu Sharmila, who yesterday ended her 16-year-fast against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), today said that the Janata Dal United (JDU) has offered their compl
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Soldier stripped of rank after Tatmadaw court rules him guilty for death o
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Naypyidaw, Aug. 10 (ANI): The Myanmar National Human Rights Commission has said a Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces) investigation into the death of a villager in Kachin State has found a soldier guilty, with a military tribunal ruling that he be stripped of his rank and discharged from service
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Irom Sharmila released on bail, next hearing on Aug. 23
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Imphal, Aug. 9 (ANI): Manipur's human rights activist Irom Sharmila, who had been on a hunger strike for the past 16 years protesting against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), was released on bail today by an Imphal court.
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Irom Sharmila to end 16-year-long fast today
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Imphal, Aug 9 (ANI): Human rights activist Irom Sharmila, who has been on a hunger strike for the last 16 years against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), will break her fast today.
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Baloch nationalists in Canada protest against Pakistan's atrocities
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Toronto (Canada), Aug. 2 (ANI): The Baloch National Movement (BNM) held a protest in Toronto, Canada, on July 31 against the enforced disappearance of Abdul Wahid Baloch, a well-known literary activist and human rights campaigner, at the hands of Pakistani security agencies.
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Human Rights Watch urges Sri Lanka for justice to killed ACF aid workers
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York, Aug. 1 (ANI): New York based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Sri Lankan Government to mete out justice in the killing of 17 aid workers of French charity, Action Against Hunger (ACF).
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Burhan Wani's killing 'justified', says RSS ideologue
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 31 (ANI): Asserting that terrorists have no claim on human rights, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ideologue Rakesh Sinha on Sunday criticised those shedding 'crocodile tears' over Burhan Wani, saying that Hizbul Mujahideen commander's killing was 'justi
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Rampant human rights violation in Balochistan, PoK not new: Rijiju
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 29 (ANI): With residents in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) taking to the streets to vent their anger against the ruling establishment over the "rigged" elections, Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Friday called upon the International Human Rights C
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Dismal condition of human rights in Balochistan, around 1,000 bodies recov
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad, July 28 (ANI): Some official documents have revealed that around a thousand bullet-ridden corpses have been recovered from various parts of Balochistan in the past six years, with more than 51 percent bodies belonging to the ethnic Baloch community.
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