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Activists raise concern over persecution of ethnic minorities by Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
They raised concern over the gross human rights violations committed by Pakistan against Baloch, Sindhi and the Pashtuns, and against the Uyghur Muslims by China.
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Pakistan: Death sentence for Christian youth on blasphemy charges sparks o
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A local court in Bahawalpur sent shockwaves across Pakistan after sentencing a 22-year-old Christian youth, Noman Masih, to death on blasphemy charges, BNN Network reported, adding that the court's decision has sparked outrage among human rights activists and religious minorities who have sa
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Human rights activists accuse China of overlooking North Korean refugees
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Human rights activists and former officials have accused Beijing of violating Chinese and international laws for putting thousands of North Korean refugees in upcoming danger, Voice of America (VOA) reported.
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United Kashmir People's National Party highlights impact of Pak extremism
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) organised an international conference earlier this week at the House of Commons in London. British legislators, well-known human rights activists, thinkers, lawyers, journalists, authors, and Kashmiri Diaspora in the UK participated and shar
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British Parliamentarians, activists attend int'l conference on 'Growing Ex
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The Conference titled "Growing Extremism and Violence in South Asia and How it will Affect Britain and South Asia" which was organized on Tuesday, unanimously agreed upon and declared several points related to security and peace in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and South Asia.
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Despite multiple attempts by human rights activists, forced organ harvesti
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
More than a generation has passed since China started persecuting the nearly 100 million Falun Gong practitioners. The shortage of transplant donors has led to the search for a new minority to oppress, namely the Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang province.
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US to adopt new restrictions on using commercial spyware
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The order responds to growing US and global concerns about programs that can capture text messages and other cellphone data. Some programs, so-called "zero-click" exploits, can infect a phone without the user clicking on a malicious link.
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HRW urges Taliban to stop undermining girls' right to education
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
According to the report, Afghanistan is the only country that forbids girls from attending secondary school at the moment, and the ruling Taliban regime should cease undermining the future of girls, women, and the nation.
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Activists raise human rights situation in Sindh at UNHRC
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
At a side event titled "Human Rights Violations in Pakistan", a panel of Sindhi activists including Fatima Gul, Muzafar Talpur, Reva Tharwani and Sindhu Rustamani highlighted the situation of the region with an aim to seek the world's attention on the repression of Sindhi people.
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Enforced disappearances continue in Pakistan's Sindh: Human rights activis
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"The practice of enforced disappearance is still going on and hundreds and thousands of Sindhis, political workers, human rights activists have disappeared," Bhutto said during the CHRAPA side event on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Process in Pakistan.
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1,200 Human Rights activists and media persons killed by Pakistan's agenci
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"The root cause of the genocide of 1971 and the reasons for the secession of Bangladesh remain intact, viz., the religious fascist ideology at the heart of Pakistani Islamism. He reiterated that this does not only persecute Pakistan's own minorities or its neighbors but makes Pakistan the in
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Activists hold conference in Brussels; call for recognising 1971 Banglades
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In a memorandum submitted to European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, the intellectuals called for condemnation of ongoing genocides worldwide and demanded recognition of the 1971 genocide in Bangladesh.
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