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Pakistan: Reported kidnapped, YouTuber Aun Ali Khosa returns home safely c
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
YouTuber Aun Ali Khosa, who was reportedly abducted on August 15, has safely returned home, according to his lawyers. The Lahore High Court had ordered the police to locate Khosa by August 20 following a petition from his wife, Binish Iqbal, who alleged unlawful detention and feared enforced
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Pakistan: Rights group expresses concern over encounter of Sindhi activist
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has raised concerns over the ongoing police encounters in Sindh, Pakistan against activists raising voices against state repression.
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Minorities in Pakistan encounter safety challenges, HRCP working group cal
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Minorities in Pakistan encounter numerous substantial challenges that affect their daily existence, safety, and prospects.
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NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of Kolkata doctor rape, murder case
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday took a suo motu cognizance of the alleged sexual assault of a second-year PG student of RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata.
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Pakistan's Karachi witnesses 11 pc rise in street crimes in 2023: HRCP
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The report stated that more than 90,000 street crimes were reported in Karachi in 2023, in comparison to 80,000 in 2022, showcasing an 11 per cent rise.
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Baloch activist urges UN, rights groups to intervene and stop Pakistan's p
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Baloch activist Mahrang Baloch has urged the United Nations and other rights groups, including Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) to intervene and stop the "political misadventure by the state of Pakistan."
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NHRC issues notices to Delhi Govt, Police Commissioner over deaths of 12 i
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) took suo motu cognisance of reports that 12 inmates died within one month between July 15 and July 31 at a Delhi government-run shelter home, Asha Kiran, for people with mental impairments in Rohini.
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NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of deaths of three students due to drowning
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Days after the death of three UPSC aspirants due to drowning in the flooded basement library of a coaching centre in Delhi, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued notices on Tuesday to the Delhi Chief Secretary, the Police Commissioner and the MCD Commissioner calling for a detailed
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Pakistan: Sectarian violence claims 35 lives in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, human
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
After sectarian violence claimed 35 lives in Pakistan's northwest district of Kurram in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) expressed concerns over the recent deadly tribal conflict and called on to peacefully resolve the conflict through negotiations.
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Pakistan authorities target protesters ahead of Baloch National Gathering
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) in a post on X expressed grave concerns and condemnation over such acts of violence allegedly inflicted by the Pakistani defence forces
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Specially-abled individuals in PoGB struggle for rights, lament lack of fa
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The specially-abled people lamented the lack of facilities during the meeting with the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) held at Hunza in PoGB.
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Pakistan: Activist slams political parties over 'unrest' in country, conde
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
He further accused the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) of lacking accountability to the public and sitting in the "lap of the establishment."
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