The Nagaon District Magistrate in Assam on Sunday issued an order to initiate a magistrate inquiry into the killing of two suspected poachers in Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary under the jurisdiction of Juria police station.
Decrying the surge in cases of mob lynching in Pakistan, Muneeb Qadir, an academician and practising lawyer termed it a 'dangerous mentality' that considers killing an individual is the only way to ensure justice.
The Chairman of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Asad Iqbal Butt in a statement released on Saturday demanded that the federal government of Pakistan must take considerable and immediate action to prevent future mob killing or lynching incidents.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday directed the Chief Secretary of the state to immediately launch an inquiry to investigate the killing of two suspected poachers at Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary.
Paank, the Baloch National Movement's Human Rights Department, condemned activist Naveed Baloch's extrajudicial killing in a post on social media platform X.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday chargesheeted four accused including a juvenile in a case relating to the abduction and killing of a 'Gopniya Sainik' in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district by cadres of the banned Naxals.
Khalil Jibran, the former president of the Landi Kotal Press Club who used to work for a news outlet titled Khyber News, was gunned down by unidentified persons early this week. The media professional was also a volunteer for the HRCP.
The Indian embassy in Kuwait celebrated the 10th International Yoga Day, during which a few minutes of silence was observed in memory of the lives lost in the tragic Mangaf fire incident, killing 45 Indians.
The letter, signed by 25 influential signatories, marks the 25th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party's campaign against Falun Gong, which began on July 20, 1999.