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At least 544 killed, over 10,600 arrested as Iran protests enter 15th day:
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
At least 544 people have been killed and more than 10,681 individuals arrested and transferred to prisons amid nationwide protests in Iran, as demonstrators have taken to the streets across multiple provinces over the past 15 days in anti-government rallies driven by soaring inflation, econ
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Iran army vows to defend "national interests" as protests escalate
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Iran's army vowed to protect "national interests" as protests escalated amid arrests and an internet shutdown, Al Jazeera reported. Rights groups reported deaths and injuries, while hundreds were arrested. Trump backed protesters, and leaders in Iran issued warnings, as unrest spread acro
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UK warned of China's expanding spy footprint as China pushes for mega emba
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Rights groups led by Free Tibet, along with several allied organisations, have renewed their campaign against China's proposed mega embassy at Royal Mint Court in London, arguing that the project poses grave national security threats and heightens risks for already vulnerable exile communiti
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Balochistan: Paank reports three enforced disappearances in Quetta, calls
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Paank reported three enforced disappearances in Quetta on January 4, alleging Pakistani security forces detained a political worker and two brothers. Rights groups say such cases remain unresolved in Balochistan, worsening public alienation, political instability, and mistrust, while authori
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Pakistan's enforced disappearance crisis persists as another Baloch youth
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks 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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Silence surrounds disappearance of Baloch activist as rights groups slam P
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Seven years after the enforced disappearance of Baloch activist Rashid Hussain, human rights organisations, families of the disappeared, and Baloch activists have renewed demands for accountability, accusing Pakistani authorities of continuing to conceal his fate, as reported by The Balochis
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Human Rights Group denounces 'politically motivated' conviction of Hong Ko
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Human Rights in China (HRIC), a New York-based international, non-governmental organisation (NGO) that addresses human rights and fundamental rights in China, has condemned the conviction of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai.
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Balochistan: Human rights groups demand immediate release of missing woman
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to Paank, the human rights wing of the Baloch National Movement (BNM), Farzana, daughter of Muhammad Bakhsh Zehri, was forcibly taken by Pakistani forces on the night of 1 December 2025 while returning home from a hospital in Khuzdar. "Her whereabouts remain unknown, and authoritie
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China's escalating war on Christianity deepens with mass arrest of Zion ch
Updated : 6 months ago IST
According to The Epoch Times, Bob Fu, president of ChinaAid, stated that the detainees are accused of "illegally using information networks," a charge that carries a maximum three-year prison sentence. Rights groups say this allegation is increasingly being used by China to silence Christian
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Families blame Pakistani forces as new disappearance cases emerge in Baloc
Updated : 6 months ago IST
A rise in enforced disappearances and the recovery of bodies across Balochistan has alarmed families and rights groups. Several people, including students, women and activists, have gone missing in recent weeks, with locals accusing state-backed forces. Families are demanding answers as tens
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Nearly 100 Palestinians died in Israeli prisons in two years, true toll li
Updated : 6 months ago IST
At least 98 Palestinians have died in Israeli custody since October 2023, and the real number is likely higher, according to a new report from the Israel-based rights group Physicians for Human Rights - Israel (PHRI).
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"Miscarriage of justice," says Rights Group after Sheikh Hasina sentenced
Updated : 6 months ago IST
The conviction of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal with death and former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun with five years imprisonment by Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal is a political farce, does not meet b
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