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Amid political instability Pakistan moving towards anarchy
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
It is unprecedented in Pakistan's 75 years of independence, where an opposition political leader is not succumbing to the combined pressure from the Pakistan army and the government in power. The head-on collision between the two sides is reaching a saturation point and may possibly lead to
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China's hidden Overseas Police Stations: A new Security Threat
Updated : 3 years ago IST
In September 2022, Spain-based human rights group Safeguard first reported about Chinese Overseas Police Stations (COPS) operating across five continents. There are reportedly around 102 such stations operating in 53 countries, Inside Over reported. They function through informal locations i
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Pro-Tibetans to hold march in Taipei to show solidarity with Tibetans, oth
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The march held annually in early March since 2004, was originally intended to commemorate those who died during a Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule that began on March 10, 1959.
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Pro-Tibet rally to be held in Taiwan on March 5
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Pro-Tibet and human rights groups are going to hold a march in Taiwan's Taipei on Sunday to show their solidarity with Tibetans and other minority groups facing oppression in China, the Taipei Times reported.
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Pak human rights group raise concern over gender-based violence in Sindh
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Sunday expressed concern over the state of law and order in upper districts of Sindh, mentioning the high incidence of gender-based violence, the slow pace of rehabilitation of flood-affected communities and safety issues for journalists.<
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Pak human rights group raises concern over continued marginalization of re
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In its report titled A Breach of Faith: Freedom of Religion or Belief in 2021-22, HRCP has observed with considerable alarm developments during 2021/22 that belie the state's commitment to freedom of religion or belief.
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Canadian MP urges Trudeau's cabinet to make room for Uyghur refugees
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Human rights groups estimate more than one million Uyghurs are currently kept in prison-like indoctrination camps, which Beijing calls "re-education camps." Most of the Uyghurs and other Turkic communities have fled to Muslim-majority countries like Turkey, Egypt, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia s
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US company supplied DNA collection equipment used in Tibet by China: repor
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Citizen Lab report referenced above found that police collected DNA samples from roughly a quarter to a third of the population of the TAR. Citizen Lab's analysis determined that the activity was not apparently related to any criminal activity and that police targeted men, women, and
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China's DNA profiling campaigns attract global opposition: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The report said that one campaign is about the mass scanning of the irises of people in the Qinghai province and the other is about mass blood sampling of Tibetan people for their DNA profiling.
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Pakistan's civil society protests forceful conversion of minor girls to Is
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Highlighting the plight of religious minorities in Pakistan, a human rights group in a fresh report laid bare the rising number of cases of abduction, forced faith conversion, forced and child marriage of girls belonging to the minority Christian community.
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Chinese tech firms under criticism for spying in Europe:Report
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Chinese Technology companies such as Huawei, ZTE Corps and Hikvision have been heavily criticized by human rights groups for providing surveillance technology not only for authoritarian regimes but also for espionage activities at the behest of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Iran protest: Violent clashes break out between students and security forc
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Iranian students clashed with security forces at universities across Iran on Sunday, according to the country's activist and human rights groups.
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