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Imran Khan's government continues to muzzle academicians taking anti-govt
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 27 (ANI): Pakistan has always been in the news for committing gross human rights violations. Under the Imran Khan-led democratic government a number of universities have been forced to sack their professors who spoke or supported anti-government campaigns, reported
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Canadian Baloch hold anti-Pakistan protest for human rights violations in
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], June 22 (ANI): Baloch political and human rights activists gathered in Toronto on Sunday to protest against Pakistan and China for gross human rights violations in Balochistan.
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Pashtuns in Pakistan continue to face torture by Pak Army
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], June 12 (ANI): A video is doing the rounds on social media showing the brutal torture by Pakistan Army on civilians in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that has raised concerns over growing human rights violations in the region.
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US House passes Bill to sanction Chinese officials for Uyghur treatment
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 28 (ANI): The US House of Representatives on Wednesday (local time) overwhelmingly passed legislation on to hold China accountable for human rights violations of Uyghur Muslims and other Muslim minority groups in Xinjiang region.
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Activists, families continue protests against human rights violations in B
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Quetta [Pakistan], May 26 (ANI): Political activists and families of missing persons in Balochistan have been protesting for weeks to secure the safe release of their loved ones.
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China's hostile diplomacy on Uighurs a tactic to save its face internation
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 22 (ANI): The hostage diplomacy of China has come to light once again as they are discrediting overseas Uighurs by forcing their family members in Xinjiang to release videos testimonies, in order to save its face internationally and shed criticism over its crackdown on t
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Pashtun activist accuses Pakistan of unleashing brutality at behest of ant
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 12 (ANI): A Pashtun activist has accused the Pakistan Army of human rights violations in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.
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PTM leader Arif Wazir was 18th member of family to be killed in targeted a
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 3 (ANI): With Pakistan continuing its crackdown against Pashtuns, the holy month of Ramzan, has not begun on a good note for the family of Arif Wazir, a PTM leader who died in a hospital here after sustaining bullet injuries.
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Seven US Senators oppose position to China in UN Human Rights Council Cons
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 8 (ANI): Seven US Senators have written to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opposing the appointment of Jiang Duan, Minister of Chinese Mission in Geneva to the UN Human Rights Council Consultative Group and said that China should not occupy the position of
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Divest from Chinese tech companies over Uyghur killings, NGOs tell Norway
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Oslo [Norway], Mar 28 (ANI): A group of NGOs has urged Norway to divest from Chinese technology companies for their involvement in human rights violations in China's Uyghur Region.
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Pakistan using religious extremism to counter Baloch nationalism, say acti
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 12 (ANI): Baloch and other human rights activists from Pakistan held a protest outside the United Nations office here to draw the attention towards growing human rights violations and the spread of religious extremism in Balochistan.
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Baloch, Sindhi, Pashtun activists lambast Pak Army for human rights violat
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 6 (ANI): Activists from Balochistan, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces of Pakistan have lambasted the Pakistani Army for carrying out human rights violations against the minorities in the country.
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