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Human rights advocate Senge Sering alleges systemic neglect in PoGB as res
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Sering said women in PoGB are increasingly coming forward to demand fundamental rights, including access to water, electricity and sanitation. Referring to a recent viral video from Gilgit city, he described how a woman protested against the absence of essential services in her locality....
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Chinese journalist remains in detention as case moves to prosecutors
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A Chinese journalist known for documenting the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) gruesome human rights violations has been held in custody in the capital for more than three months, a development that rights advocates say highlights the authorities' deepening intolerance toward independent vo
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Human rights advocate Senge Sering accuses Pakistan of using sectarianism
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
He maintained that many residents believe violence has been cultivated internally rather than imposed from abroad, a perception he described as steadily becoming part of a shared political narrative.
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Fiji: India adopts Commonwealth's Nadi Declaration to strengthen democracy
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The commitments, set out in an outcome statement issued on February 11 (Wednesday), followed three days of discussions among ministers, with input from diverse stakeholders, including disability rights advocates and legal innovators.
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Analysts warn Pakistan's 27th constitutional amendment erodes judicial ind
Updated : 4 months ago IST
A group of analysts and human rights advocates in Berlin cautioned that Pakistan's recently enacted 27th Constitutional Amendment will erode judicial independence and concentrate greater power in the executive.
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WUC urges UK PM Keir Starmer to raise Uyghur genocide during landmark Chin
Updated : 4 months ago IST
According to the WUC, the prospect of deeper engagement with China has generated serious concern among Uyghur communities and human rights advocates, given that there have been no meaningful policy changes in East Turkistan since the last UK prime ministerial visit in 2018. The group highlig
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World Uyghur Congress convenes global leaders to expose China's crimes aga
Updated : 5 months ago IST
World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has released its weekly brief, highlighting an international gathering in Munich on December 19-20, bringing together Uyghur leaders, political representatives, and human rights advocates to highlight China's ongoing repression in East Turkistan and reaffirm globa
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Chinese court sentences Tibetan activist Tsering Tso to one year in prison
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Tsering Tso, a Tibetan human rights advocate, has received a one-year prison sentence from the Trikha (Ch. Guide) County People's Court located in Tsolho (Hainan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in eastern Tibet. She was charged with "picking quarrels and provoking trouble," a vague accusatio
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Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar National Human Rights Award 2025 Announced at Interna
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22: The Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar National Human Rights Award-2025 was announced and conferred at the International Human Rights Convention-2025 held in the national capital, bringing together eminent jurists, policymakers, academicians and human rights advocates from
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Pakistan using transnational repression to target diaspora, says rights ad
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Mehlaqa Samdani, executive director of the Community Alliance for Peace and Justice, highlighted Pakistan's use of transnational repression to intimidate critics abroad, citing threats against her and other Pakistani-Americans, and urged the US to act to protect diaspora communities and demo
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Human Rights Watch urges China to Free Tibetan rights advocate Zhang Yadi
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Chinese authorities to release Zhang Yadi immediately. The 22-year-old student and Tibetan rights advocate faces serious charges that could result in a lengthy prison sentence. HRW reports that Zhang, also known as Tara, was an international student studyin
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Chinese dissidents launch cross-country caravan to expose CCP's global r
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Hundreds of Chinese human rights advocates gathered at Liberty Sculpture Park in California's Mojave Desert to see off a caravan beginning a cross-country trip to raise awareness about the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) human rights violations and global influence operations.
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