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Rights activists term domestic violence an 'endemic' in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to The News International, a patriarchal mindset, depleting economic situation, religious extremism, increasing population, discriminatory traditions and the impact of the climate crisis, all provide a perfect environment for domestic violence in Pakistani society.
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Uyghur detainee's death in Bangkok, epitome of govt's mishandling of those
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to Bangkok Post, the 49-year-old man died earlier this week of a lung infection. Despite claims by immigration authorities that they had taken good care of his health, rights activists said Abdullah had been seriously ill for more than three weeks but was not allowed to go to the h
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Enforced disappearances continue in Pakistan's Sindh: Human rights activis
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"The practice of enforced disappearance is still going on and hundreds and thousands of Sindhis, political workers, human rights activists have disappeared," Bhutto said during the CHRAPA side event on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Process in Pakistan.
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1,200 Human Rights activists and media persons killed by Pakistan's agenci
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"The root cause of the genocide of 1971 and the reasons for the secession of Bangladesh remain intact, viz., the religious fascist ideology at the heart of Pakistani Islamism. He reiterated that this does not only persecute Pakistan's own minorities or its neighbors but makes Pakistan the in
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Activists hold conference in Brussels; call for recognising 1971 Banglades
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In a memorandum submitted to European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, the intellectuals called for condemnation of ongoing genocides worldwide and demanded recognition of the 1971 genocide in Bangladesh.
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China's COVID protests highlight need to protect Chinese diaspora, says ri
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The calls for greater scrutiny of China's actions in Canada come amid protests against Beijing's zero-Covid policy in US and Canada and controversy surrounding the overseas "Chinese police stations."
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Taliban faces social media backlash for detaining women's rights activists
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
UNAMA has further added that it is seeking to access and contact the detained activists and know their whereabouts. UNAMA has also stressed that the detainees must have the right to contact their family members even when these activists have been detained in unknown locations by the Taliban,
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Taliban arrests women activists, journalists in Hazara neighbourhood of K
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Taliban arrested women journalists and human rights activists, along with four men from the Hazara neighbourhood in West Kabul and intrusively disrupted a women's press conference held in Dasht-e-Barchi area, continuing their atrocities.
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Rights Activists welcome US resolution on Bangladesh genocide by Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Human rights activists welcomed the introduction of a US resolution on the 1971 Bangladesh genocide by Pakistan.
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Sri Lanka: SC orders to issue summons to former Prez Gotabaya in 2011 huma
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], October 19 (ANI): Sri Lankan Supreme Court on Wednesday has given orders to summon former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the disappearance of two human rights activists in 2011 as he is now out of constitutional powers.
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Baloch National Movement protests in Berlin against Pakistan Army over enf
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 9 (ANI): Baloch National Movement Germany has organised a protest in Germany against the enforced disappearances of Baloch people by the Pakistan Army including the recently abducted Faheem Baloch.
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Rights activists stage protests in Taipei against Chinese aggression, urge
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], October 1 (ANI): Human rights activists staged a protest against Chinese aggression outside Taiwan's Legislative Yuan and urged the politicians to sign a petition safeguarding Taiwan's democracy and not surrender in case the island nation is attacked, media reports said.
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