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Pakistan: Human Rights Council condemns heavy sentences for prominent huma
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
In a statement posted on X, the council said: "This verdict is a dangerous link in the chain of silencing powerful voices advocating for human rights in Pakistan."
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Balochistan: Human rights groups demand immediate release of missing woman
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to Paank, the human rights wing of the Baloch National Movement (BNM), Farzana, daughter of Muhammad Bakhsh Zehri, was forcibly taken by Pakistani forces on the night of 1 December 2025 while returning home from a hospital in Khuzdar. "Her whereabouts remain unknown, and authoritie
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HRCP alleges government crackdown, warns of shrinking space for human ri
Updated : 10 months ago IST
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), an autonomous civil rights organisation, has issued a warning that its functioning is being hindered by pressure from the Pakistani government. "In recent months, HRCP has encountered a range of arbitrary, unlawful, and unjust measures that hav
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Geneva: Activists at UN highlight rampant human rights abuses in Pakistan
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Human rights activists condemned Pakistan on Thursday for a range of severe human rights violations, including enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detentions, and torture aimed at silencing dissent.
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Report portrays grave plight of human rights in Pakistan's Sindh province
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan's 2023 annual report has revealed a grave state of human rights in Pakistan's Sindh province with a significant rise in street crime, kidnappings, and violations of both civic and fundamental rights.
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Pakistan: Human Rights body raises concern about situation in Khyber Pakht
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Tuesday released its annual report on the status of human rights in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the year 2023.
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Social activists in London raise issues of labeling Pashtun minorities as
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
While speaking about the condition of human rights in Pakistan, Azeem Masih, the Vice President of PMRO Pakistan, stated, "We discuss human rights issues everywhere. But I think that the issues in Pakistan are much more tense than anywhere else, especially because minorities in Pakistan are
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Pakistan uses blasphemy laws to target minorities: Report
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
As an angry mob, motivated by blasphemy claims, set fire to churches and wreaked havoc on Christian homes in Jaranwala tehsil of Faisalabad recently, this incident in particular reminds everyone of another distressing chapter in Pakistan's history.
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Large-scale violation of basic human rights in Pakistan's Sindh: Report
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Sikandar G. Soomro writes for Pahenji Akhbar that, on one hand, while government and non-government bodies make peoples' lives hell, on the other hand, criminals and dacoits are adding to the problems of people from Sindh.
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EU calls for proposals, wants to promote human rights in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
On Thursday, an announcement was made by the EU where it stated that human rights and democracy were essential values of the EU and promoting and protecting them remained a key priority of its external action.
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GHRD organises discussion on "Human Rights in Pakistan"
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
As many as 96 representative diplomats from the Netherlands, Mexico, Poland, Australia, Italy, Costa Rica, and Ukraine took part in the discussion.
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Human rights situation depleting with every rising sun in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 8 (ANI): Pakistan's human rights records have seemingly touched a new low with several media reports and global bodies reflecting the dire situation for women, minorities, children, and media persons.
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