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“Will continue to push to help resettle our Afghan allies”: US on 2 years
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
“As we mark two years since the conclusion of the US war in Afghanistan, we salute the valour, patriotism, and selflessness of the American service members and civilians who fought and served there over the course of 20 years,” read an official statement by Austin.
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Over 1200 Afghan refugees return to Kabul from Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
This repatriation wave continues a rising trend of Afghan refugees being ejected from Iran and Pakistan or returning willingly.
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Christian Alliance stages protest against Pakistan over Jaranwala Incident
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The protesters expressed grave concerns over the religious freedom violations and stifling state of freedom of expression in Pakistan and called upon the European Union to assess Pakistan’s compliance with its human rights obligations before extending its Generalized System of Preferences (G
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Defying oppression, Afghan woman wins World Peace Prize in Sweden
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Amid the curbs imposed by the oppressive Taliban regime, Nargis Mommand Hassanzai, an Afghan woman has clinched the 2023 World Peace Prize in Sweden for her resolute commitment to human rights, Khaama Press reported.
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Why Imran Khan’s case is only the beginning of Pakistan’s democratic woes:
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The political crackdown on former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan by the establishment holds no surprise, as the country’s “democratic backsliding” goes further than the embattled former prime minister, journalist and author Lynne O’Donnell, stated in her piece in Foreign Policy.
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UK Foreign Secretary to visit China today, will raise human rights issues
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The Foreign Secretary will state that China’s global significance comes with a responsibility for international security
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Pakistan: HRCP raise questions about attacks on minorities, weakening of p
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) during a conference on Monday raised concerns over the condition and incidents of attacks on minorities as well as the “hybrid plus state” model” weakening the political parties in Pakistan.
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NHRC sends notice to UP government over Muzaffarnagar student ill-treatmen
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that a teacher of a private school referring to the faith of one of her students in an absurd manner ordered his classmates to beat him.
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Pak: Human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari remanded into police custody in terr
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
After a day of arrest of human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari, Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Islamabad granted her three-day physical remand to the Islamabad police in a terror case registered against her in the federal capital's Barakahu Police Station, reported The News International.
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Afghanistan: National and international organizations react to Taliban ban
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The national and international organizations rasied concerns following the ban on Afghan women from visiting Band-e-Amir National Park in Bamiyan province of Afghanistan, reported TOLO News on Monday.
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Pakistan: Shortly after release, Islamabad police rearrests human rights l
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir was arrested in a case lodged in Barakahu police station in Islamabad. In a statement, Mazari’s lawyer said the police did not inform them about the case in which Mazari had been arrested.
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Pakistan: Court grants bail to human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari in seditio
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Pakistan’s Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Islamabad granted bail to the human rights lawyer and daughter of former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Shireen Mazari, Iman Mazari in a sedition case
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