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HRCP condemns addition of Baloch activist to no-fly list, calls it violati
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Sammi Deen Baloch's recent inclusion on Pakistan's Exit Control List has sparked criticism from human rights groups and the government. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan condemned the action as a violation of her freedom of movement and raised concerns over potential internment centers
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Pakistan Human Rights groups condemn reports of firing on Baloch protest m
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The Baloch Yakhjeti Committee which called for the protest march claimed that several of its cadre are critical after security forces fired at their convoy.
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Nearly 12,000 Afghan migrants deported from Iran, Pakistan in four days
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
In a newsletter, the Taliban-led Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said that 11,997 Afghan migrants were expelled by the governments of Pakistan and Iran and have returned to Afghanistan.
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Kenya: Five killed, dozens injured, people march towards Parliament; as pr
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
At least five people were killed and 31 injured in protests in Kenya on Tuesday, CNN reported, citing a joint statement released by several human rights groups.
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Human rights groups condemn Baloch social activist Jameel Umar's disappear
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Several human rights organisations have raised concerns over the enforced disappearance of Jameel Umar, a social leader from Balochistan province.
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Social audits fail to identify state-imposed forced labour: World Uyghur C
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The atrocities of China in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) were highlighted by 62 major human rights groups, stating that any audit will fail to comprehend the level of suppression that the Uyghur community faces in China, World Uyghur Congress stated in a press release
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Chinese lawyer travelling to US detained at Thailand border
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Advocates for Lu in Laos were hopeful they could secure a quick release after he was detained two weeks ago near Thanaleng train station, on the border with Thailand. Laotian authorities initially said it was a paperwork issue. But on Wednesday, after a week of appeals by human rights groups
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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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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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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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