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'Pakistan an exploiter of human rights': Rights Activist Arif Aajikia
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Emphasising the ongoing human rights violations in Pakistan's Balochistan and Sindh, Arif Aajikia, a former Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) member and human rights activist from Karachi, Pakistan, said that Pakistan is an "exploiter of human rights, adding that the army's military rule is uno
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"Human rights, culture, language, heritage being killed in PoK," says righ
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
In an exclusive interview with ANI, Aajikia said, "The biggest thing in human rights is your culture, your food, your dress, your language, your heritage, which is being killed in PoK."
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Jailed activist Narges Mohammadi decries "tyrannical" Iranian regime in No
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
A strong message against the "tyrannical" and "despotic religious government" of Iran echoed in Oslo on Sunday, as the children of jailed Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi delivered her message while accepting the Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf, New York Times reported.
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Amnesty International calls for release of four Afghan women human right d
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Amnesty International expressed concern over the detention and alleged torture of women rights defenders in Taliban prisons and demanded their release, as reported by Khaama Press.
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Pakistan: Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement appeals to UN for immediate release of
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
In a letter penned to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the PTM has "strongly condemned the abortive assassination attempt by the Pakistan Army and subsequent illegal arrest of PTM Leader, well-known human rights activist Manzoor Pashteen, by joint ISI-Police operation in Chaman dis
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UN Security Council members express concerns over Afghan women's role, esp
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Several members of the United Nations Security Council members have expressed concerns about human rights violations and women's rights in Afghanistan, stating that women, including female journalists and human rights activists, are facing violence in public places, Khaama Press reported on
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At UN, rights activists lambast Pak Army for suicide blasts, targeted kill
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI, on the sidelines of the 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, two rights activists explained the pattern of terrorist attacks in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, saying they mostly happened in areas where people “do not want their government.”
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Human rights activists at UN discuss China’s expansionist policies
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Human rights activists from South Asia, Japan and Africa discussed about the implications of China’s expansionist policies and their consequences on the people in the region.
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Women, children in China facing repression, female activists tell UNHRC
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Female human rights activists from Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong jointly highlighted China’s forceful repression of women calling it the worst human rights violations in the country.
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Baloch Human Rights Council questions Canada for silence on killing of act
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Karima Baloch was a Baloch human rights activist and a dissident. She was granted asylum in Canada in 2016. She was found dead after having gone missing in Dec 2020 in Toronto.
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Baloch leader questions Canada for not investigating murder of Baloch acti
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Karima, who died under mysterious circumstances in Canada last month, was slated to get buried on January 25, but, before the corpse could be transported from Karachi to Balochistan, Pakistani authorities forcibly took Karima's body along with her family from the airport to her hometown.<
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Pakistan: Christian human rights activists detained, tortured by police in
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
It was reported that August 16, 2023, marked a tragic day for the Christian community in Jaranwala. A brutal and destructive attack unfolded, resulting in the desecration of 24 churches, some reduced to rubble, and the widespread looting and burning of hundreds of homes across 11 areas in th
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