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Uyghur activist condemns China's human rights abuses and economic exploita
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
A renowned Uyghur human rights activist has lambasted China for its poor human rights record and its international policies of economic exploitation, especially in Africa.
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"Cannot even express how each day passes for me, my family": Sammi Deen Ba
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Sammi Deen Baloch, a prominent human rights activist from Balochistan, organised a major press conference at the Karachi Press Club on Friday. The conference intended to raise a united voice against the ongoing issue of enforced disappearances in the Balochistan province of Pakistan.
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Pakistan: Human rights activist highlights failure of bodies formed by gov
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
While addressing a press conference at the Karachi Press Club, Mahrang Baloch noted that there is a huge difference in the number of missing persons given by the government and what they are reporting and termed it a complete collapse of law and order.
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"Shocking that he wasn't arrested till now...": Human rights activist Vina
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
After a Bengaluru Court issued a non-bailable warrant against former Karnataka Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader BS Yediyurappa, human rights activist and advocate Vinay said that it is "shocking" that he was not arrested till now.
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Grammy-winning Ruben Blades contributes original song to climate change an
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Twelve-time Grammy-winning Panamanian musician, actor, and human rights activist, Ruben Blades, has lent his talents to the Spanish-Panamanian animated film 'Black Butterflies,' directed by David Baute.
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Pakistan: FIR on Baloch rights activist Mahrang sparks outcry
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
According to the FIR, the protesters forcibly entered the Quetta Press Club by breaking the lock, where they purportedly delivered speeches and shouted slogans against Pakistan.
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East Turkistan Government in Exile urgently calls on US Senate to pass Uyg
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) urgently called on the US Senate to pass the Uyghur Policy Act without delay to establish a Special Coordinator for Uyghur Issues within the US State Department. The East Turkistani people have been advocating for such a position since 1997, seek
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"India must act, cannot remain aloof from current situation in PoJK": Huma
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Political activist from Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) Amjad Ayub Mirza said India cannot remain aloof from the current situation in PoJK and must act now. He called on India to focus on PoJK as the situation is getting out of hand there.
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Pakistan: Campaign launched for safe return of missing Baloch journalist
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Several human rights activists and Baloch leaders announced the launch of a social media campaign to inquire about the whereabouts of Rashid Hussain Brohi, a Baloch journalist and human rights activist missing since 2018.
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Baloch rights activist Mahrang Baloch highlights exploitation faced by wom
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The fifth edition of the Asma Jahangir Conference 2024, titled "People's Mandate, Protection of Civil Rights in South Asia" concluded in Lahore on Sunday and witnessed the participation of several judges, human rights activists, office bearers from the government of Pakistan, Samaa TV report
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Activist says, exploitation of religious minorities continues in Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Pakistan again witnessed the incidents of exploitation of religious minorities in Akbarabad. Recently, a mob of Muslims broke into a Christian household and tore several pages of the Holy Bible, Faraz Pervaiz a human rights activist stated.
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Crisis deepens in Pakistan as human rights activist warns of complete melt
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Mirza highlighted the plight of Gilgit-Baltistan and said that people in the region are protesting on the streets, raising demands for basic rights encompassing economic, social, political, and human rights.
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