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Pakistan: Protest held over disputed police encounter in Karachi
Updated : 6 days ago IST
Families of Baloch missing persons protested outside the Karachi Press Club, alleging a student, Hamdan Baloch, was killed in a staged police encounter after enforced disappearance. The family disputed CTD's claims and demanded the body's release. The Baloch Yakjehti Committee called for a c
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Pakistan: Hours-long road closures near Karachi Press Club amid protests o
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Several roads leading to the Karachi Press Club (KPC) remained closed for hours as lawyers, rights defenders and civil society representatives held demonstrations against the conviction of Pakistan's human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha, resulting in major traf
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Pakistan: Protest held after trade unionist goes missing, activists demand
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
A protest demonstration was held outside Karachi Press Club. The protest was organised upon the request of the National Trade Union Federation Pakistan (NTUF-P)
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Kohistan communities extend demonstrations in KP over delayed development
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
According to The Express Tribune, protesters assert that while WAPDA pressed ahead with building the hydropower project, officials had guaranteed that essential civic infrastructure, most importantly an all-weather road network, would be constructed for communities in the area. Yet, resident
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Pakistan's rights crisis deepens as HRCP slams state repression and elite
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has urged the government to withdraw the controversial 26th and 27th constitutional amendments, end "enforced disappearances," and release all political prisoners across the country, as reported by Dawn.
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Pakistan's failure to protect transgender citizens sparks outrage after br
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The transgender community, supported by civil society activists, staged a protest outside the Karachi Press Club to denounce the brutal killings of three transgender persons and to demand immediate justice. The demonstration was organised under the banner "Justice for the Khwaja Sira Communi
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Pakistan: Climate experts warn neglect of waterways may worsen flood situa
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Experts and civil society members in Karachi urged urgent restoration of natural waterways to prevent severe urban flooding. At a Karachi Press Club session, speakers blamed poor planning, sewage in storm drains, and housing projects on riverbeds for the crisis, stressing better urban planni
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Protest outside Karachi Press Club enters 34th day over enforced disappear
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Protest outside Karachi Press Club entered its 34th day after a student was forcibly disappeared earlier in July, leading the Baloch human rights body, Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), reported on Saturday.
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Families protest in Karachi, Quetta over enforced disappearances as missin
Updated : 7 months ago IST
At the Karachi Press Club, family members of Zahid Ali Baloch mentioned they had been holding a sit-in for 15 days straight, even in the face of heavy rain. Zahid's father, Hameed Baloch, told the media that his son was taken by security forces on July 17 while he was waiting for transport i
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752 Missing, 117 Killed: BYC says Pakistan is silencing Baloch voices with
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) released its semi-annual human rights report (January-June 2025) during a press conference held at the Karachi Press Club, highlighting what it described as systematic and widespread state repression across Balochistan, The Balochistan Post (TBP) reported.
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Pakistan: BYC alleges unlawful arrests and torture of leaders in Balochist
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks 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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Pak: BYC leader Sammi Deen Baloch's kin hold press conference demanding he
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Family members of leading Baloch activist and Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leader Sammi Deen Baloch held a press conference outside the Karachi Press Club on Monday demanding her safe release.
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