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Global Human Rights Defence raises Pakistan's "Silent Genocide" in Geneva
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 22 (ANI): Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD) delegation in Geneva raised the issue of human rights violations in Pakistan mainly focused on enforced disappearances and genocide including women's rights violations.
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Pakistan: Chinese national arrested for raping minor girl for months
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 16 (ANI): Amid grim human rights situation in Pakistan, a Chinese national was arrested for sexually assaulting and threatening a minor girl continuously for several months.
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Concrete action needed to eradicate enforced disappearances: Pak rights bo
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], September 10 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has raised concerns over the enforced disappearances in the country and said that expressions of solidarity can be no substitute for concrete action towards safely recovering victims.
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Islamabad High Court judge lambasts Pak govt apathy over missing persons c
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 9 (ANI): Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Athar Minallah on Friday criticized the Pakistan government's apathy over missing persons cases and said that the government should resign if subordinate institutions are not under control.
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Baloch rights activists demand release of missing persons in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], September 4 (ANI): Human rights activists and various student bodies in Pakistan staged a protest on Tuesday and demanded the immediate release of all the missing persons including Faheem Baloch.
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Pak rights minister highlights plight of Ahmadis as Nobel laureate's grave
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 3 (ANI): Pakistan human rights minister Riaz Hussain Pirzada on Friday said that the Ahmadi minority community in the country is being subjected to grave human rights violations and because of the deep fear instilled in them no one even dares to mention the na
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London-based activist raises concern over atrocities in PoK, says 'every p
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], August 25 (ANI): London-based rights activist Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri raised concern over the rights of the poeple of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir and said that every political party needs reform.
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Make torture a crime: Rights group urges Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], August 24 (ANI): Pakistan's Senate should urgently pass a bill that would make torture a criminal offence, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.
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Pakistan uses blasphemy laws to persecute its minorities
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 23 (ANI): The minorities in Pakistan are constantly being murdered and subjected to inhuman brutalities in the name of blasphemy, conversion to Islam and other sectarian differences.
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London-based activist decries atrocities in PoK, slams Pak security agenci
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Dublin [Ireland], August 14 (ANI): London-based rights activist Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri once again raised his voice against the Pakistan security agencies which continue to commit rights abuses in the region and deprive the local people of basic rights.
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Pakistan: Seminary teacher held for assaulting minor boy
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 13 (ANI): Amid the worsened human rights situation in Pakistan, a local seminary teacher was arrested for allegedly molesting a student, local media reported on Saturday citing a police official.
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Amnesty asks Pakistan to stop crackdown on protests against enforced disap
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 12 (ANI): Amnesty International on Thursday called upon Pakistani authorities to immediately end their crackdown on peaceful protests by families seeking justice for the enforced disappearance of their loved ones, and said that enforced disappearance is a serious vio
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