A Uyghur rights advocacy organisation, the World Uyghur Congress, released a statement opposing the ongoing Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Europe, claiming that China's deepening ties with Russia are ignorance of the human rights abuses inflicted by China on the Uyghur community.
Prominent Baloch activist, Mahrang Baloch on Saturday attended the Asma Jahangir Conference and shared increasing rights abuses in Balochistan and enforced disappearances with the European Union envoy to Pakistan, Riina Kionka.
Led by the Cambridgeshire unit of the Baloch National Movement UK Chapter, the campaign seeks to raise awareness within the Cambridge community regarding the adversities faced by the Baloch population in Pakistan.
"This report is deeply biased and reflects a poor understanding of India. We attach no value to it and urge you to do the same," Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal responded to the question asked during the MEA's daily press briefing on Thursday.
In its report titled ''The State of the World's Human Rights, April 2024' released on Tuesday, international human rights advocacy organisation Amnesty International highlighted the human rights abuses in China.
From criminal prosecution of journalists to the prohibition of independent trade unions, the findings underscore a troubling pattern of oppression and injustice.
The US State Department released its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices and highlighted Israel, underscoring concerns over human rights abuses in Gaza.
The Chinese government has arbitrarily arrested and detained over one million Uyghurs and members of other predominantly Muslim minority groups from 2017 to 2023, according to a report released by the United States.
Pakistan has been witnessing some significant human rights issues including, extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearance and arbitrary detention among many others. However, their government rarely took credible steps to identify and punish officials who may have committed these abuses,
The United Kingdom on Monday announced new sanctions on the four extremist Israeli settlers, who committed alleged human rights abuses against Palestinian communities in the West Bank, UK foreign secretary said in an official statement.
Aiming to change the narrative about the Xinjiang region where China is accused of committing grave human rights abuses, Beijing is organising so-called media tours with friendly countries to somehow propagate a different version of the region, a report by Al Jazeera stated.