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EU ambassadors approve new sanctions on 19 Iranian officials, entities ove
Updated : 3 days, 1 hour ago IST
The European Union on Wednesday moved to intensify pressure on Tehran amid the conflict in West Asia by approving new sanctions targeting 19 Iranian regime officials and entities accused of serious human rights violations.
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Quetta ATC declares 12 Baloch activists "proclaimed offenders" as crackdow
Updated : 5 days, 7 hours ago IST
An Anti-Terrorism Court in Quetta has declared 12 Baloch activists, including Sabiha Baloch, as proclaimed offenders. Charged under strict anti-terror laws, activists argue these legal actions are a systemic attempt by Pakistan to intimidate and silence voices protesting human rights violati
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Targeted killings in Balochistan deepen scrutiny of Pakistan's security ro
Updated : 6 days, 7 hours ago IST
Three young men were shot dead in Balochistan's Panjgur district, allegedly by state-backed "death squads." The Baloch Yakjehti Committee condemned the killings alongside recent attacks on intellectuals and artists, urging the UN to investigate these escalating human rights violations and ta
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Sindhi nationalist leader's disappearance triggers outrage, rights violati
Updated : 6 days, 8 hours ago IST
The Jeay Sindh Freedom Movement (JSFM) has condemned the alleged enforced disappearance of activists Saeed Tiyono and Sabir Abro by Pakistani agencies. JSFM termed the abductions "state terrorism" and threatened highway protests unless they are released, while urging the UN and UK Parliament
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UN decries "transnational repression" as 40 Uyghurs vanish after forced re
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
UN experts are decrying the disappearance of 40 Uyghur men forcibly returned to China from Thailand a year ago. Held for a decade before deportation, their fate remains unknown. The UN warns this reflects a pattern of transnational repression and urges China to provide information and legal
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"Blasphemy laws protect political power, not religion": Baha'i Representat
Updated : 2 weeks, 1 day ago IST
At a UNHRC event in Geneva, Simin Fahandej, Representative of the Baha'i International Community's UN Office, warned that blasphemy laws in Asia are often used to "protect political power" and "silence religious minorities." She noted these frameworks "frequently contradict international gua
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South Sudan risks "return to full-scale war" amid entrenched impunity and
Updated : 2 weeks, 1 day ago IST
A UN body has warned that South Sudan is close to returning to full-scale war amid rising violence, political instability, and sexual abuse. With mass displacement and severe malnutrition affecting millions, the commission urged urgent international action to prevent further atrocities and i
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Human Rights Watch urges Pakistan to quash longstanding blasphemy case of
Updated : 2 weeks, 1 day ago IST
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Pakistani authorities to quash the decades-long blasphemy conviction of academic Junaid Hafeez, who has been held in prison for 13 years under the country's strict blasphemy laws, highlighting serious concerns about due process and human rights violati
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Karnataka: NHRC takes suo motu cognisance of Mandya chemical plant blast
Updated : 3 weeks, 2 days ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday took suo motu cognisance of a fatal blast at a chemical plant in the Basaralu area of Mandya district in Karnataka, which claimed two lives and left four others injured.
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HRCP slams Pakistan's CCD for 924 deaths in 'staged' encounters
Updated : 3 weeks, 4 days ago IST
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has accused Punjab's Crime Control Department of institutionalising staged police encounters. The report recorded over 900 deaths in 2025, alleging systemic extrajudicial killings and a lack of mandatory investigations. HRCP has called for an immediate
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NHRC demands action taken report within 2 weeks from North DGP and Vice Ch
Updated : 3 weeks, 5 days ago IST
"The Registry is directed to issue a notice to the DCP, North Delhi and the Vice Chancellor, Delhi University, with directions to get the allegations made in the complaint inquired into and to submit an Action Taken Report within two weeks for perusal of the Commission," the NHRC stated i
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Chinese journalist remains in detention as case moves to prosecutors
Updated : 3 weeks, 5 days ago IST
A Chinese journalist known for documenting the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) gruesome human rights violations has been held in custody in the capital for more than three months, a development that rights advocates say highlights the authorities' deepening intolerance toward independent vo
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