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Tibetan rights group demand China to reveal location of detained monks
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) has urgently called on Chinese authorities to reveal the whereabouts of four Tibetans subjected to incommunicado detention in Ngaba (Aba), located in the Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province.
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Pak: Three Baloch men 'forcibly disappeared' by Pakistani forces in Baloch
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Three Baloch men, including two students, have reportedly been forcibly disappeared by Pakistani security forces in Balochistan, raising concerns about a recent surge in enforced disappearances in the region. Human rights group Baloch Voice for Justice has documented numerous such cases, cal
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Rights group urges China to release 'Bridge Man' Peng Lifa on second anniv
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has demanded the immediate release of Peng Lifa, the man who unfurled banners critical of Chinese President Xi Jinping and his stringent "Zero-Covid" policy on Beijing's Sitong Bridge two years ago.
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Uyghur rights groups raise concern over rising Chinese atrocities in East
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Currently, the Uyghur ethnic minority group from East Turkistan experiencing systematic oppression from the Chinese government.
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Biden administration toughens asylum restrictions ahead of polls; rights g
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The new rules announced on Monday, expand the restrictions introduced in June earlier this year to bar migrants from being granted asylum when US government officials believe the southern border of the country is overwhelmed.
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Amnesty condemns sedition verdict as blow to free speech in Hong Kong
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
In a ruling, two former editors of the now-defunct Stand News, Chung Pui-kuen and Patrick Lam, along with the media outlet's parent company, were convicted of conspiring to publish "seditious" content, marking a chilling blow to press freedom in Hong Kong after China implemented National Se
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Human rights groups demand immediate release of detained Uyghur economist
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The World Uyghur Congress has expressed solidarity with Uyghur economist Ilham Tohti's family on the 10th anniversary of his life imprisonment, calling for his immediate release along with the many Uyghur intellectuals and scholars who are detained in China.
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Uyghur Rights Group raises alarm over Chinese exploitation of East Turkist
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The Swedish Uyghur Committee raised concerns over the overexploitation of East Turkistan's mine resources by China for the country's military and technological development.
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Rights group launches social media campaign for 'forcibly disappeared' Dil
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Amid ongoing enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings, Baloch Voice for Justice, a rights group advocating for Baloch people, has launched a social media campaign demanding the recovery of Diljan Baloch.
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HRCP condemns addition of Baloch activist to no-fly list, calls it violati
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Sammi Deen Baloch's recent inclusion on Pakistan's Exit Control List has sparked criticism from human rights groups and the government. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan condemned the action as a violation of her freedom of movement and raised concerns over potential internment centers
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Myanmar rights groups urge China not to threaten country's ethnic groups
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
They said that China's support for the junta and its planned election "undermines the will of the Myanmar people, deepens the people's suffering and prolongs the crisis."
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Pakistan: Rights group raises concern over arrest of Karachi University ac
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Riaz Ahmed was taken into custody by the police and his location remained unknown for a while.
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