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WUC to host summits in Munich as Uyghurs amass support against China's rep
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
This year's summit is expected to gather over a hundred attendees, featuring more than 50 Uyghur organisations, leaders, advocates for human rights, community representatives, youth activists, scholars, and politicians from more than 22 different countries.
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Pak: Baloch Yakjehti Committee condemns drone strike in Waziristan, calls
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee has condemned recent drone strikes in North Waziristan that allegedly killed civilians, including children. In a strongly worded statement, the group labelled the attacks as part of a "systematic genocide" of Pashtuns and urged solidarity among oppressed comm
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Russia bans human rights group Amnesty International as 'undesirable' orga
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
In a statement, Russia's prosecutor general alleged that Amnesty's London office was a "centre for the preparation of global Russophobic projects" and accused it of advocating on behalf of Ukraine.
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Baloch activist Sammi Deen Baloch condemns continued detention of BYC lead
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
She said, "The state has normalised enforced disappearances and violence in Balochistan, and is now attempting to legitimise these human rights violations by imprisoning those who raise their voices against such oppression. The judiciary's role in all of this appears less like that of a neut
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World Uyghur Congress highlights global advocacy efforts in weekly report
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) recently released its weekly briefing, spotlighting recent significant international engagements and ongoing efforts to raise awareness about the human rights crisis faced by the Uyghur people.
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UN raises concerns over judicial independence after dismissal of two SC ju
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) stated in a press release on Monday, "The dismissal by the Maldives Parliament of two Supreme Court justices raises serious concerns about respect for the independence of the judiciary."
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Zurich gathering marks 30 years since disappearance of 11th Panchen Lama
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Over 200 Tibetans and rights advocates gathered in Zurich to mark 30 years since the disappearance of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima. The event, part of a global movement, called on China to reveal his whereabouts and address ongoing religious persecution in Tibet.
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Pakistan: Sindhian National Congress holds march to protest against land g
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The Sindhian National Congress (SNC) organised the Sindh March in Hyderabad to protest against land grabs, environmental degradation, enforced disappearances, and widespread human rights violations.
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Pakistan: Paank decries "intensifying wave" of enforced disappearances in
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Paank, the Baloch National Movement's Human Rights Department, slammed Pakistan's latest wave of enforced disappearances and provided details of seven people forcibly disappeared by the Pakistani forces.
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US Secretary of State Rubio calls for immediate release of 11th Panchen La
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
On May 17, 1995, just three days after the Dalai Lama recognised him, the six-year-old Panchen Lama and his family were abducted by the Chinese Communist Party. Subsequently, Beijing appointed another child as the Panchen Lama in a clear and illegitimate attempt to exert its control over Tib
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Paank condemns secret burial of youth by Pakistani forces in Balochistan
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Paank, the Baloch National Movement's Human Rights Department, expresses strong disapproval of the clandestine and disrespectful burial of three Baloch youths by Pakistani security forces in the Dannuk region of Turbat, Balochistan.
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Pakistan: Govt hospitals in Sindh's Shikharpur and Kashmore Kandhkot lack
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
SHRC Chairman Iqbal Ahmed Detho, who led the visits, mentioned about the absence of adequate toilets, improper seating arrangements, a shortfall of beds for patients, and missing supplies of free medicines.
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