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Pakistan Human Rights Commission highlights decline in civic freedoms, det
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
In his remarks at the launch of annual report, HRCP chairperson Asad Iqbal Butt highlighted continued state-sanctioned violence in 2024, with at least 379 officially reported new cases of enforced disappearance, two extrajudicial killings of persons suspected of blasphemy and 4,864 staged po
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EU lawmakers urge China to probe suspicious death of Tibetan Buddhist lead
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The Chair of the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights, MEP Mounir Satouri, along with the Chair of the Delegation for Relations with the People's Republic of China, MEP Engin Eroglu, have sent a letter to the Chinese Ambassador to the European Union regarding the suspicious dea
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Hubballi minor rape case: NHRC directs Karnataka CS, DGP to submit report
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report about the abduction, rape and murder of a minor girl and the death of the arrested accused in a police encounter in Hubballi, Karnataka.
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Pakistan: BYC alleges unlawful arrests and torture of leaders in Balochist
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
During a press conference at the Karachi Press Club on Tuesday, BYC representatives mentioned instances of unlawful arrests, abuse within prisons, and widespread violations of human rights.
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Pakistan: Imran Khan's sister slams authorities for not allowing her to me
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Aleema Khan expressed regret over what she termed the denial of basic human rights.
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UN experts urge Pakistan to address human rights violations in Balochistan
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
"Pakistan appears to conflate legitimate human and minority rights advocacy and public demonstrations with terrorism, threatening freedoms of expression, assembly, and association," the experts said. "Repeated internet blackouts in Balochistan have impeded freedom of information, transpar
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Pak: Baloch academic Hammal Baloch speaks out against detention from priso
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Hammal Khan Baloch, a Baloch academic and PhD researcher, has written a letter from prison denouncing his detention and highlighting the broader plight of Baloch students facing systemic injustice in Pakistan.
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UKPNP condemns Pahalgam attack as "Crime against humanity"
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) condemned the Pahalgam terror attack as a "crime against humanity" during a virtual conference, calling for accountability and urging the international community to act against extremism and terrorism.
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Pakistani military operation in Mastung triggers protests over abductions,
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
A military operation by Pakistani forces in Mastung, Balochistan, has sparked protests over home raids, arbitrary arrests, and enforced disappearances, with demonstrators demanding the safe return of missing individuals and an end to human rights abuses.
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Pakistan: BNP President says people of Balochistan have no choice but to t
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
In his address at a seminar titled 'Pakistan's Judicial System and Human Rights Enshrined in the Constitution', organised by the Kech Bar Association in Turbat, Mengal said residents of Balochistan have become completely disillusioned with the role of the parliament and have lost hope for ac
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Pakistan: HRCP calls for action on land rights, women's inclusion in agric
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The convention painted a bleak picture of the ongoing crisis in Pakistan's agricultural heartland, with climate change severely disrupting crop cycles and threatening the livelihoods of many farmers.
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EU refuses to lift sanctions on Chinese officials over ongoing Uyghur righ
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The European Union has refused to lift sanctions on Chinese officials over ongoing human rights abuses in Xinjiang, maintaining measures imposed in 2021 despite China's moves to ease counter-sanctions on EU lawmakers.
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