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Baloch activist Mahrang Baloch files petition alleging harrasment by Pakis
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
In a post on the social media platform X, Human Rights Activist Mahrang Baloch shared her experience with the Pakistani authorities who had previously harrased her by filing a baseless FIR as she was returning from Karachi.
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Baloch American Congress President calls for unity against enforced disapp
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
By calling for unity among the Baloch people, the organisation has emphasised that collective action is crucial for raising awareness and achieving justice.
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Human Rights Focus Pakistan "highly concerned" over growing blasphemy case
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) has said that it is "highly concerned" over the rising number of cases of blasphemy and violence based on religion and beliefs.
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JSMM denounces intensified state repression against Sindh's national movem
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Sindh Nationalist leaders, Niaz Kalani and Riaz Chandio were reportedly arrested and forcibly disappeared by state institutions, raising alarm among human rights advocates
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Baloch Yakjehti Committee reports surge in enforced disappearances of yout
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee raised concerns over the increasing number of enforced disappearances of Baloch youth in Pakistan.
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JSMM chairman calls for global attention to human rights violations in Pak
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Chairman of Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM) Shafi Burfat made an appeal to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to address the alarming escalation of human rights violations in Pakistan
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Free Balochistan Movement engages Major UK Parties in a month-long awarene
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Amid ongoing enforced disappearances and human rights violations in Balochistan, the Free Balochistan Movement (FBM), a Baloch rights advocacy organization raised awareness about the plight of Balochistan during a month-long political campaign aimed at major UK political parties.
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Rights group urges China to release 'Bridge Man' Peng Lifa on second anniv
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has demanded the immediate release of Peng Lifa, the man who unfurled banners critical of Chinese President Xi Jinping and his stringent "Zero-Covid" policy on Beijing's Sitong Bridge two years ago.
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Pashtun Tahafuz Movement appeals to UN for intervention against Pakistan's
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), a peaceful grassroots movement advocating for the human rights of the Pashtun ethnic minority in Pakistan, has urged the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk to intervene and lift the illegal ban imposed on PTM by the Pakistani government.
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Pakistan faces backlash over rising enforced disappearances in Balochistan
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
On October 3, the Baloch National Movement's human rights wing, Paank, revealed that Imran Baloch, a farmer and the sole breadwinner of his family, was forcibly taken by Pakistan's security forces from Gwadar.
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Pakistan: Report highlight loopholes in investigation in blasphemy case of
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The findings of the report highlight significant gaps in the legal processes, inadequate protection of the fundamental rights of the victim, and a lack of decisive action from the authorities against the culprits.
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China's ruling against Tibetan activist highlights Beijing's poor human ri
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Last month, a Chinese court ruled against her, putting justice for her younger brother even further out of reach. The court determined that the Public Security Bureau's (PSB) detention of Gonpo Kyi was lawful under Chinese law.
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