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Baloch Voice for Justice alleges suppression of BYC families' press meet,
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
As mentioned by Baloch Voice for Justice on X, families of detained leaders of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee attempted to hold a press briefing at the Quetta Press Club to challenge the continued detention of their relatives and a recent High Court ruling that denied bail after what they des
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Pakistan: Families of detained BYC leaders barred from press conference am
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
In a move that has sparked criticism from activists and legal circles, police in Quetta reportedly prevented families of detained leaders of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee from addressing the media at the Quetta Press Club. Relatives of the detainees, including the sister of Mahrang Baloch, w
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Pakistan: Protest held over disputed police encounter in Karachi
Updated : 1 week, 3 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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Dubai Press Club organises 'UAE-Kuwait Media Celebration'
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Under the patronage of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and under the directives of Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Second Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Media Council, the Dubai Press Club today organ
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Pakistan: Hours-long road closures near Karachi Press Club amid protests o
Updated : 1 month, 4 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 student groups announce nationwide solidarity marches on Feb 12
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Student groups in Pakistan announced nationwide Student Solidarity Marches on February 12. They plan a Lahore march from GCU to the Punjab Assembly to highlight student suicides, rising fees, harassment and lack of representation. Leaders also demanded restoration of student unions and bette
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Pakistan's enforced disappearances continue unchecked as another Baloch wo
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
The family of a woman allegedly abducted by Pakistani security and intelligence agencies from Hub Chowki has appealed for her immediate recovery. Speaking at a press conference at the Hub-Lasbela Press Club, relatives of Fatima Muhammad Qasim said she was taken from her home in Akram Colony
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Pakistan: Protest held after trade unionist goes missing, activists demand
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks 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, 2 weeks 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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Police block BYC activists' press meet in Hub over father's disappearance
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Police in Hub prevented a press conference by Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) activist Mahzaib Baloch over the alleged enforced disappearance of her father, after sealing the local press club and warning of detention under public order laws, according to the report by The Balochistan Post (T
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Families of missing underage students in Quetta urge authorities to trace
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
During a press conference at the Quetta Press Club, Samrosh Baloch stated that Pakistani armed forces had apprehended several young students from their residences during raids conducted months ago, leaving their whereabouts unknown.
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Pakistan's rights crisis deepens as HRCP slams state repression and elite
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks 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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