Women's rights activists have issued impassioned pleas for both state and societal commitment to address gender disparities effectively. They emphasise the need to redefine the roles prescribed to women by Pakistani society and the government.
Human rights activists, diplomats, and other intellectuals highlighted the growing Islamophobia in China targeting Uyghur Muslims and Kazakhs during a side event at the UN Human Rights Council's 56th session in Geneva.
The United States condemns the unjust sentencing of independent journalist and women's rights activist Huang Xueqin (Sophia Huang) as well as labor rights activist Wang Jianbing and urged Beijing to release both activists immediately.
The East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) urgently called on the US Senate to pass the Uyghur Policy Act without delay to establish a Special Coordinator for Uyghur Issues within the US State Department. The East Turkistani people have been advocating for such a position since 1997, seek
Several human rights activists and Baloch leaders announced the launch of a social media campaign to inquire about the whereabouts of Rashid Hussain Brohi, a Baloch journalist and human rights activist missing since 2018.
The fifth edition of the Asma Jahangir Conference 2024, titled "People's Mandate, Protection of Civil Rights in South Asia" concluded in Lahore on Sunday and witnessed the participation of several judges, human rights activists, office bearers from the government of Pakistan, Samaa TV report
Pakistan prominent journalist Munizae Jahangir and Baba Jan, a human rights activist belonging to Gilgit Baltistan, in a recent press conference emphasised that the administration of the GB must ensure to fulfil the needs of the people as it has crossed their levels of tolerance, Pamir Times
The human rights activists who participated in the conference seconded the demand being raised by the people of GB, for a safe return and a thorough investigation of the case of Falak Noor, a minor girl belonging to Sultanabad who had been kidnapped in January.
Senior Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC), leaders, human rights activists, and press personnel highlighted the severe deterioration of human rights situation in Balochistan and the atrocities inflicted by the Pakistani administration upon the Baloch community.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 29: Escapades for the Soul were recently invited as mentors at a seminar conducted by the National Dalit Movement for Justice -NDMJ (NCDHR) for National Level Training of Human Rights Defenders on Promotion and Protection of Dalit Child Rights. There we
Amnesty International, in conjunction with a coalition of human rights activists and civil society organizations, has urged the Pakistan government to immediately restore social media platform X, which has been blocked in the country since February 17.