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Pakistan: Baloch activist calls for unity, resilience in fight for freedom
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Baloch pro-independence leader Allah Nazar Baloch has called for unity and resilience among the Baloch people in their fight for freedom, saying the Pakistani state has failed to suppress their growing movement. He highlighted the cost of oppression, enforced disappearances, and external exp
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Pakistan: Human rights body decries enforced disappearance of Safar Baloch
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Pakistan's leading human rights body, Paank strongly condemned the enforced disappearance of Safar Baloch who was forcibly disappeared by state intelligence agencies in Balochistan.
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Human Rights Council of Balochistan reports alarming surge in enforced dis
Updated : 12 months ago IST
The HRCB report highlighted a troubling pattern of human rights violations, particularly affecting students and political activists.
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Pakistan: Mahrang Baloch confirms 2025 Nobel Peace Prize nomination, highl
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Mahrang Baloch, a prominent human rights activist and organiser of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), has confirmed her nomination for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, as reported by the Balochistan Post. While expressing gratitude, Baloch emphasised that the recognition is not for her but for
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Pakistan: HRFP calls for gender justice and equality on International Wome
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Under the UN theme, "For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment," the event brought together voices from various sectors to call for systemic change and gender justice.
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Pakistan: Human Rights Commission calls for stricter traffic laws amid ris
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has urged the Sindh government to take immediate and effective measures to regulate heavy traffic in Karachi. The HRCP emphasised the urgent need to address the increasing number of road accidents, particularly those caused by reckless driving.
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Pakistan: Balochistan records uptick in forcible disappearances, violence
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Leading Pakistan human rights body, Paank said that four individuals were forcibly disappeared at the hands of Pakistani forces in Balochistan on Monday.
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Baloch human rights body decries killing of school-going student by Pakist
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Baloch human rights body Paank on Monday condemned the killing of a school-going student at the hands of members of Pakistan's military-backed death squads.
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Pakistan: Human rights body condemns killing of Baloch scholar
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
In a post on X, BYC said that the enforced disappearances, extrajudicial and targeted killings continue to take place on a daily basis with targeted killings becoming the norm in Balochistan.
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Pakistan's new cyber law sparks free speech concerns, rights groups demand
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Human Rights Watch on Tuesday said that internet freedom and free expression are gravely threatened by Pakistan's government's recent amendment to the country's cybercrimes act.
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Pakistan: Human rights body condemns abduction, torture of Baloch man
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
In a post on X, Paank highlighted the recent incident in Parom, Panjgur, where Azim, son of Jaro, was abducted from his home by members of a "state-backed death squad".
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Pakistan: HRCP slams PECA act, raises alarm over free speech restrictions
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) condemned the recently passed Prevention of Electronic Crimes (PECA) (Amendment) Act 2025, expressing concern over its potential to further curtail freedom of expression for both journalists and ordinary social media users.
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