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'34 Baloch civilians abducted by Pakistan security forces in 10 days'
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], February 12 (ANI): Many Balochistan civilians including students and social activists are becoming targets of enforced abduction by Pakistani security forces, reported Human Rights Council of Balochistan, Hakkpaan, a non-profit and non-partisan human rights group base
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India urges Pakistan to stop human rights violations in Balochistan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): India urged Pakistan to stop human rights violations in Balochistan province on Friday as human rights groups and activists have raised concerns over their targetted killing in the region.
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Pakistan's human rights group warns of sit-in from Jan 31 if Govt fails to
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 31 (ANI): Pakistan's human rights group, the Defence of Human Rights (DHR) on Thursday appealed to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the Army Chief to address the issue of enforced disappearances or else it will hold a sit-in
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Over 30 killed, bodies burned in Myanmar's Kayah state: Reports
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], December 25 (ANI): More than 30 people, including women and children, have been killed and their bodies burned in Myanmar's conflict-torn Kayah state, media reports citing local human rights group said.
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Pak human rights groups hold rallies to highlight rights abuses
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 11 (ANI): Pakistan's human rights groups including the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) have organized a rally to highlight the rights abuses in the country, local news reported on Saturday.
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Rights group urges European officials to raise Ahmadiya issue with Pakista
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], December 8 (ANI): With Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi currently on a Belgium visit, a Brussels-based human rights group urged European officials to raise the situation of Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan.
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Rights group calls on Pakistan to quash activist Idris Khattak's sentence
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 7 (ANI): A human rights group called on Pakistani authorities to quash the verdict against political activist Idris Khattak, saying they should allow the activist adequate legal representation to defend himself.
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Beijing using forced deportation to extradite Taiwan nationals: Rights gro
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 1 (ANI): Beijing has been pressuring foreign governments to extradite Taiwan nationals to China as part of an effort to undermine the self-ruled island, according to a human rights group.
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Rights group urges Pakistan to end 'abhorrent' enforced disappearances
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 24 (ANI): A UK based human rights group has called for Pakistani authorities to end the use of enforced disappearances as a tool of state policy as it released new evidence documenting the effect of illegal abductions on the families of those victims.
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Human rights group asks China to release activist Zhang Zhan
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 5 (ANI): Human Rights Watch on Friday asked China to immediately and unconditionally release activist Zhang Zhan, who was wrongfully imprisoned for reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic in the city of Wuhan in early 2020.
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Forces loyal to Myanmar's Junta 'torch church, homes' in Chin State
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], October 15 (ANI): Troops loyal to Myanmar's junta have torched an entire village -- including a Baptist church and a dozen other buildings--in the country's embattled Chin state, residents said on Thursday, prompting condemnation from a local human rights group which cal
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Rights watch says Taliban 'dismantling' human rights in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 23 (ANI): The Taliban has taken steps to steadily dismantle the human rights gains of the last 20 years, rights groups have observed.
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