Rights group calls for release of Afghan women rights defenders

On November 4, the Taliban detained women human rights defenders Zarifa Yaqoobi and her colleagues during a press...

'Decision to ban women from public parks must be reversed'

Since the return of the Taliban to Kabul in August 2021, the Taliban's systematic attacks on the rights of women and...

Pak rights group condemns attack on a girls' school in GB

A girls' school in Gilgit-Baltistan's Diamer district was torched early on Tuesday. According to Dawn newspaper,...

Pakistan minorities continue to live under clouds of fear: Report

Several members of minorities including a Sri Lankan national have been killed and attacked in various cities and...

Landmark decision could herald end to EU's extraditions to China

Madrid-based rights group Safeguard Defenders said this momentous decision will most likely mean European countries...

Pak rights org, Taiwan group jointly raise issue of human rights

Naveed Walter, president of Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) said that the advancement of human rights, democracy...

Iran: Violent clash break out between students, security forces

Iranian students clashed with security forces at universities across Iran on Sunday, according to the country's...

Pak group voices concern about enforced disappearances bill

Enforced disappearances must be treated as a separate, autonomous crime. Any legislation to curb this practice must...

Pak rights group condemns FIR against Pashtun leader

Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader Manzoor Pashteen has been booked on terrorism charges for making a speech on...

Baloch group rejects Pak govt probe as 66 hospital bodies buried

Lahore [Pakistan], October 20 (ANI): A Baloch rights group has rejected an inquiry committee set up by the Punjab...

Baloch rights group raises issue of enforced disappearances

Balochistan [Pakistan], October 10 (ANI): The Chairman of the Voice for Baloch Missing Persons, Nasrullah Baloch has...

At least 82 killed in Iran's Zahedan clashes: Int'l rights group

Tehran [Iran], October 6 (ANI): The death toll in the deadly clashes between Iran's security forces and people in...