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Pakistan: Rights body sounds alarm on continued disappearances from Baloch
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Paank, the Human Rights Department of the Baloch National Movement, has raised concerns regarding the forcible disappearance of 11 individuals from Pasni, Balochistan, between February 8 and February 10.
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Paank's January 2025 report exposes surge in enforced disappearances and e
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Human rights abuses are still on the rise in Balochistan, and the region's worsening circumstances are starkly illustrated by examples of extrajudicial executions and enforced disappearances.
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Pak: BYC protests across Balochistan against state repression, Baloch geno
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
In a post on X, BYC stated, "The systematic targeting of scholars, students, and activists in Balochistan has reached alarming levels, with enforced disappearances occurring daily, instilling fear and trauma among affected families. The BYC calls on all sections of society to raise their voi
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Pakistan: Protests erupt in Balochistan over rising forced abductions
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Protests are taking place in Balochistan over the recent forcible abduction of a Baloch woman, Asma Baloch. Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), a leading human rights body from Pakistan expressed anguish over the rising cases of abductions in Pakistan and gave a call to all sections of the s
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India must protect its citizens' rights: Vikramaditya Singh criticises dep
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The Public Works Department (PWD) Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Vikramaditya Singh has strongly criticised the way the United States has been deporting alleged illegal immigrants back to India, calling it a violation of human rights.
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Paank condemns surge in enforced disappearances in Balochistan, eight miss
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Paank has vehemently denounced the enforced disappearances in Balochistan, drawing attention to a troubling trend of human rights abuses by Pakistani officials.
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China's Crackdown on Tibetan culture and dissent Intensified, says new TCH
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
As per the report, Since Xi's rise to power, China has imposed a deeply authoritarian agenda, tightening its grip on Tibet through extensive surveillance, censorship, and legal tools designed to stifle dissent. The TCHRD report outlines how these repressive measures have escalated over the p
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Uyghur activist leads protest at Chinese embassy on 28th Anniversary of Gh
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Rushan Abbas, Executive Director of the Campaign for Uyghurs, led a protest outside the Chinese embassy in Washington, DC, on the 28th anniversary of the Ghulja Massacre. The demonstration condemned China's ongoing human rights violations and the genocide of Uyghurs in the East Turkestan reg
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Human Rights Watch urges Bangladesh to stop "cycle of violence"
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Bangladesh should propose a consensus resolution at the upcoming United Nations Human Rights Council session in March to request technical assistance, further investigations, and monitoring and reporting by UN-backed rights experts, the rights body said.
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Pakistan: Baloch human rights body condemns "forcibly" disappearances in B
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The Baloch human rights organization, Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), has expressed deep anguish over the enforced disappearance of a woman from Khuzdar and two men from the Kharan region.
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Former Union Minister Ashwani Kumar condemns US over deportation of 104 In
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
"The heart-rending ordeal of Indian citizens deported to India in the US Army plane is the ultimate denunciation of American pretensions as the global defender of human rights and democracy," said Ashwani Kumar.
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China intensifies crackdown on Tibetan schools, forcibly replacing heritag
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
According to a report by Human Rights Watch, the Jigme Gyaltsen Vocational High School, which was connected to Ragya Monastery, in the Golok grasslands of Qinghai province in eastern Tibet was shut down by the government in July 2024.
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