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No comparison between situation in J-K, PoK: India to UN
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 13 (ANI): With United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein requesting both India and Pakistan to give "unconditional access" to both sides to conduct independent probes into the Kashmir and Balochistan unrest, New Delhi on T
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Pak agencies have failed to study patterns of terrorism, says NCHR chairma
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Quetta (Balochistan) [Pakistan], Sept 13 (ANI): Pakistan's National Commission on Human Rights (NCHR) Chairman retired Justice Ali Nawaz Chohan has said that the August 8 suicide bombing at the Civil Hospital Quetta has exposed the failure of intelligence agencies in combating terrorism
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'We do not support independence for Balochistan': US
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Sept. 13 (ANI): Days after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised the issue of human rights violation in Balochistan, the United States has said it does not support independence for Balochistan while asserting that Washington respects the unity and territorial integrity
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Pak Senate committee concerned over recovery of 1200 unclaimed bodies in B
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan]/Geneva [Switzerland], Sept.13 (ANI): The Committee on Human Rights in the Pakistan Senate has expressed serious concern over the recovery of 1200 unclaimed bodies from Balochistan.
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Activist warns of more protests to highlight Pakistan's atrocities in
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 12 (ANI): Dilshad Baloch, an activist, has warned of more protests against the concerned authorities in Pakistan for the human rights violations taking place in Balochistan. He also confirmed that Baloch activists will now protest outside the United Nations General
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BHRO activists demand ending of siege at Rauf Baloch's house
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Sept. 11 (ANI): The Baloch Human Rights Organization (BHRO) on Sunday staged a protest in front of Karachi Press Club to end the ongoing siege at the house of Rauf Baloch in Turbat by the Pakistani forces.
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Baloch activists in Australia protest against Pak atrocities in Balochista
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], Sept. 11 (ANI): In a fresh wave of protests against the ongoing atrocities and human rights violation by Pakistan in Balochistan, the Baloch activists staged a protest here on Sunday.
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Baloch National Front protests against Pak forces for human rights abuses
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Turbat (Balochistan) [Pakistan], Sep. 10 (ANI): The Baloch National Front on Saturday staged a protest condemning the abduction of Baloch women, harassment of activists and the human rights abuses being carried out by the Pakistani forces.
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Iran draws flak for exhibiting detained Afghan migrants in cages
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sept. 10 (ANI): Hurt by the way the Afghan migrants were exhibited in cages in Shiraz city, the Afghan government has slammed Iran for the act, saying it goes against the principles of human rights.
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Pak Army repeating horrors of 1971 by targeting Baloch women
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept. 10 (ANI): Asserting that history was repeating in itself, Farzana Majeed Baluch, a Baloch human rights activist, has said that human rights violations committed by Pakistan in Balochistan and the army targeting Baloch women was as bad as the torture and rape of w
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Pakistani forces now abducting women, children in Dera Bugti: Baloch activ
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Undisclosed location, Sept. 10 (ANI): Asserting that Pakistani forces have started fresh waves of military operations across Balochistan, Baloch Republican Party representative at the United Nations Human rights council Abdul Nawaz Bugti has stated that in different parts of Dera Bugti, peop
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'Impartial' Rakhine Commission will not police human rights: Kof
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], Sept. 9 (ANI): Former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan, who is to head the Rakhine State Advisory Commission in Myanmar, has assured the people that he will assuage concerns over the potential partiality of the commission, saying its mandate is to take on boar
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