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WUC flags China's transnational repression, surveillance risks and Uyghur
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The briefing documents practices such as unlawful deportations, misuse of INTERPOL Red Notices, passport restrictions, digital surveillance, and coercion through family members in East Turkistan to intimidate activists and force returns. WUC warned that Uyghurs in exile face a heightened ris
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Four forcibly disappeared in Balochistan; family blocks CPEC highway in Tu
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Four men were reportedly subjected to enforced disappearance in Balochistan's Gwadar and Kharan districts, while in Turbat, relatives of a missing youth blocked the CPEC highway to press for his recovery, according to a report by The Balochistan Post (TBP).
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Analysts warn Pakistan's 27th constitutional amendment erodes judicial ind
Updated : 4 months, 1 week 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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Fresh enforced disappearances reported across Balochistan, Karachi; famili
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Multiple fresh cases of enforced disappearances have been reported from Gwadar, Kharan, Quetta, Khuzdar, Turbat, Panjgur and Karachi, with families alleging that Pakistani security forces detained several young men during separate operations and shifted them to unknown locations, The Balochi
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BNM protests in London over enforced disappearances of Baloch women by Pak
Updated : 5 months ago IST
The Baloch National Movement (BNM) organised a protest on Saturday (local time) outside 10 Downing Street to highlight what it described as a worsening human rights crisis in Balochistan.
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Pakistan's enforced disappearance crisis persists as another Baloch youth
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A young man was allegedly forcibly disappeared in Balochistan's Kech district during a late-night operation, raising renewed human rights concerns. Rights groups highlighted ongoing enforced disappearances, continued protests by families of the missing, and demands for urgent state action.
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Police crackdown on women protesters exposes deepening rights crisis in Ba
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The arrest of women protesters in Balochistan's Manjhoo Shori area has sparked strong condemnation from the Balochistan Bar Council, raising renewed concerns over the treatment of citizens exercising their constitutional rights. The incident has intensified criticism of law enforcement pract
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VBMP protest camp against enforced disappearances marks 6,031 days in Quet
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
On this occasion, individuals from diverse backgrounds visited the protest camp to show their support for the families of the missing persons. Attendees called for an absolute cessation of enforced disappearances and the prompt recovery of all missing individuals, declaring that this matter
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Pakistan's rights crisis deepens as HRCP slams state repression and elite
Updated : 6 months ago IST
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has urged the government to withdraw the controversial 26th and 27th constitutional amendments, end "enforced disappearances," and release all political prisoners across the country, as reported by Dawn.
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42 US lawmakers urge Secretary Rubio to impose visa bans, asset freezes on
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
Forty-two members of the United States Congress, led by Democratic Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal and Congressman Greg Casar, have written to Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanding immediate sanctions against senior Pakistani officials for what they termed an "escalating campaign of transn
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Human rights crisis deepens in Balochistan, reveals Paank report
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
The report paints a grim picture of what it calls "systematic state-sponsored violence," accusing Pakistani security institutions and their allied militias of carrying out widespread abductions, torture, and killings across the province, as reported by The Balochistan Post.
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Ishaq Dar's Brussels visit faces scrutiny amid Pakistan's rights crisis
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Exiled journalist Taha Siddiqui says Ishaq Dar's Brussels visit comes as the EU prepares to review Pakistan's GSP+ trade benefits amid widespread human rights abuses, political repression, and militancy concerns. He warns that ignoring these violations would undermine Europe's credibility.
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