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Eight-year-old arrested for posting speech of Human Rights Activist Gulzar
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
In an escalation of state repression, Pakistani authorities have arrested an eight-year-old boy, Suhaib Baloch, from Turbat in Balochistan for sharing a speech by prominent human rights activist Gulzar Dost on social media.
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Two Tibetan men detained for Dalai Lama tribute as China deepens religious
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Chinese authorities have arbitrarily detained two young Tibetan men, Tsukte (popularly known as Asang) and Pelkyong, for performing a cover of a song in honor of the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday, in yet another instance of cultural suppression in occupied Tibet, according to the Tibetan Cen
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Year since Hasina fled, rights challenges abound in Bangladesh, says HRW
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Some of the fear and repression that marked Sheikh Hasina's Awami League Party's 15-year rule, and abuses such as widespread enforced disappearances, appear to have ended.
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Netherlands: BNM holds protest outside Pak embassy demanding justice for '
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The demonstration was aimed at exposing Pakistan's ongoing policy of state repression in Balochistan, including enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings.
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'Uyghur lives traded for cotton, solar panels': China's crimes against hum
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Over the past decade, China has escalated a brutal campaign of systematic repression against the Uyghur people, an indigenous Turkic Muslim group native to the region known as Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, or East Turkestan.
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"Uyghurs are facing a full-fledged genocide": Rushan Abbas calls out China
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Rushan Abbas, Founder and Executive Director of the Campaign for Uyghurs, called the persecution of Uyghurs in Xinjiang an "active and full-fledged genocide" in a discussion with The Epoch Times, detailing mass detentions, forced labour, sterilisation, organ harvesting, and transnational rep
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752 Missing, 117 Killed: BYC says Pakistan is silencing Baloch voices with
Updated : 7 months, 1 week 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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At 50-year diplomatic milestone, EU slams China's repression in Tibet, cit
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The summit, which also marked 50 years of EU-China diplomatic ties, brought together top-level leaders, including European Council President Charles Michel, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, EU High Representative Josep Borrell, and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Despite a f
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Pakistani courts now tools of tyranny, not justice: BYC leader Sabiha Balo
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The Pakistani judicial system has entirely collapsed and now operates as a tool of political repression, alleged Dr. Sabiha Baloch, central leader of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), in a video message on Friday, Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) reported.
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Amnesty International slams Pakistan for using anti-terror laws to crush B
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Amnesty International has called for the immediate release of Baloch Yakjehti Committee leaders detained in Pakistan, calling it part of a wider crackdown on peaceful activism. The group raised concerns over torture, denial of medical aid, and misuse of anti-terror laws against Baloch human
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Ten years after '709' crackdown, global call grows to hold China accountab
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Ten years after China launched a sweeping crackdown on human rights lawyers, international rights groups, led by Amnesty International, are urging immediate global action to hold the Chinese government accountable for a decade of ongoing repression.
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Pashtuns commemorate Gilaman Wazir on his first death anniversary
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Gilaman Wazir, also a PTM member, rose to prominence as a fearless poet and activist who gave voice to the voiceless and challenged systemic repression. His unwavering commitment to justice ultimately cost him his life -- but in death, he became a symbol of courage and resilience for Pashtun
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