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UN urges China to disclose status of imprisoned Uyghur doctor
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Mary Lawlor, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, has urged Chinese authorities to disclose information regarding the status and location of Dr Gulshan Abbas, an Uyghur doctor reportedly serving a 20-year prison sentence since 2019 on charges rela
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Human rights organisation report exposes China's persecution of families o
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Observers note that China has persistently targeted the families of human rights defenders for decades, calling for global attention to this issue.
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Baloch Rights activist urges UN to take action against enforced disappeara
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Jamal has been a major voice against the incidents of enforced disappearances on platforms across the world.
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Mindfulness Workshop held recently in Lucknow, UP, for National Level Dali
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 29: Escapades for the Soul were recently invited as mentors at a seminar conducted by the National Dalit Movement for Justice -NDMJ (NCDHR) for National Level Training of Human Rights Defenders on Promotion and Protection of Dalit Child Rights. There we
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UN special rapporteur discusses genocide, enforced disappearances with Bal
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Following the ongoing Baloch genocide and enforced disappearances of Baloch people, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, Mary Lawlor, held a meeting with the Balochistan Human Rights Defenders, the Balochistan Post reported.
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Activists in Washington to stage march against enforced disappearances of
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Human rights defenders will hold a peace march on January 24 in Washington, DC, to support Sindhi and Baloch activists protesting in Pakistan against the "enforced disappearances" of their loved ones.
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UN Special Rapporteur Mary Lawlor voices concern over reports of police ha
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
She said that "spurial criminal complaints" against the peaceful protesters should be dropped.
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National Human Rights Commission concludes two-day camp sitting in Guwahat
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Justice Mishra, inaugurating the camp sitting, said, "The Commission has a wide-ranging mandate for the promotion and protection of human rights in diverse areas and the Commission's camp sitting in the concerned States is a unique concept aimed at reaching out to the doorsteps of the victim
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Taliban must immediately release women human rights defenders, say UN expe
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A month after their arrest, Neda Parwan and Zholia Parsi and their family members have yet to be charged with a crime or brought before a court. They have not been granted access to legal representation.
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UN Special Rapporteur urges release of Chinese human rights defender Guo F
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
"Guo Feixiong is unjustly imprisoned, and he is in a critical state of health," said Mary Lawlor, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders. "UN human rights experts have sent 10 urgent letters to authorities about his situation since 2006. He must be released immediat
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Human rights body condemns harassment of religious minorities in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Naveed Walter, the President of Human Rights Focus Pakistan said that the population of minorities in Pakistan has come down to 3 per cent from 23 per cent since its independence in 1947.
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Baloch Human Rights Council urges UN to hold Pakistan accountable for crim
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In the seminar, speakers gave detailed presentations of the human rights situation in Balochistan and Sindh, particularly the cases of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings of socio-political and human rights defenders.
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