Amid ongoing enforced disappearances and human rights violations in Balochistan, the Free Balochistan Movement (FBM), a Baloch rights advocacy organization raised awareness about the plight of Balochistan during a month-long political campaign aimed at major UK political parties.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has demanded the immediate release of Peng Lifa, the man who unfurled banners critical of Chinese President Xi Jinping and his stringent "Zero-Covid" policy on Beijing's Sitong Bridge two years ago.
In a significant move, Poland is taking measures to curb irregular migration, driven by escalating tensions with Belarus, by temporarily suspending the right to asylum, according to a report by Al Jazeera.
After National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) recommended that state funding to Madrasas should be stopped, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday slammed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying "Whatever system has been established by the constitution, they (BJP) w
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav criticised the BJP-led government over the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) recommendation to stop state funding for madrasas and madrasa boards and said "they want to keep everything under their control".
The FIR was filed under Section 7 (punishment for acts of terrorism) of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) 1997, additionally with sections 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 149 (every member of an unlawful assembly guilty of an offence committed in prosecution of a common object), 124-A (s
The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), a peaceful grassroots movement advocating for the human rights of the Pashtun ethnic minority in Pakistan, has urged the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk to intervene and lift the illegal ban imposed on PTM by the Pakistani government.
The Sindh Suhai Organisation voiced concern regarding rising incidents of violence against women, including murder and sexual harassment, in the province.
The report prepared by NCPCR consists of 11 chapters mentioning the history of Madrasas and "their role in violation of educational rights of children".
On October 3, the Baloch National Movement's human rights wing, Paank, revealed that Imran Baloch, a farmer and the sole breadwinner of his family, was forcibly taken by Pakistan's security forces from Gwadar.
The NCPCR also demanded that state funding to the Madrasas should be stopped across all states and union territories and Madrasa Boards should be discontinued and closed down.