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Pakistan under fire as Quetta burials expose grim reality in Balochistan
Updated : 5 months ago IST
The security operations in Balochistan have long been under scrutiny due to allegations of human rights violations. Several human rights organisations and local activists have accused Pakistani security forces of conducting "fake encounters" and extrajudicial killings under the guise of coun
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Protest erupts in Shimla demanding justice for Dalit minor who died by sui
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The tragic death of a Dalit minor boy, who allegedly died by suicide following caste-based discrimination in Rohru, Shimla district, has sparked widespread outrage across Himachal Pradesh. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM), along with local residents and Dalit rights organisat
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Pak Human Rights organisation demands inquiry into blast that killed 20 in
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The HRCP said that the citizens of a nation are entitled to the right to live, which Pakistan has failed to protect.
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Journalist among latest victims of enforced disappearances in Balochistan
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Fresh reports of enforced disappearances continue to emerge from Balochistan, even as four previously missing persons have been released, according to The Balochistan Post. Among the newly disappeared is Sher Khan Marri, a journalist from Kohlu, who was allegedly picked up by police and pla
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Journalist Siddique Kappan, 10 others booked for obstructing pedestrian mo
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The event was organised on Saturday evening at Vanchi Square near the Kerala High Court junction by human rights organisations to condemn the arrest of Kerala-based journalist Rejaz M Sheeba Sydeek.
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JSMM Chairman urges UN to hold Pakistan accountable for enforced disappear
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
On the International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances, Shafi Burfat, Chairman of Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM), delivered an appeal to the United Nations and global human rights organisations, urging them to hold Pakistan accountable for systematic atrocities against the Sindhi
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Human Rights organisations accuse China of 75-year genocide in Xinjiang
Updated : 7 months ago IST
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) stands accused of mass killings, forced assimilation, cultural eradication, and industrial-scale forced labour, all while profiting from the region's vast reserves of strategic minerals, according to the report by Cfact.
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Padma Shri Sudarsan Pattnaik joins Specta and CRY's 'Colouring Dreams' cam
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Puri (Odisha) [India], August 1: Specta Quartz Surfaces, India's leading luxury quartz brand, and CRY (Child Rights and You), one of India's foremost child rights organisations, are proud to announce a landmark collaboration with acclaimed sand artist Padma Shri Sudarsan Pattnaik as part of
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HRCP alleges government crackdown, warns of shrinking space for human ri
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), an autonomous civil rights organisation, has issued a warning that its functioning is being hindered by pressure from the Pakistani government. "In recent months, HRCP has encountered a range of arbitrary, unlawful, and unjust measures that hav
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Amnesty International marks 10 years since China's '709 Crackdown', calls
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Amnesty International has issued a joint statement commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Chinese government's "709" crackdown on human rights lawyers, urging for an independent international inquiry into the decade-long persecution of civil society and human rights activists in China. Th
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Himachal Pradesh: Locals protest at NHAI office against private firms over
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Residents from several affected villages, along with members of farmers' and civil rights organisations, staged a strong protest outside the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) office in Shimla on Wednesday.
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Pak uses Intelligence Agencies to harass detained Baloch activists' kin, s
Updated : 8 months ago IST
She urged Pakistan's judiciary, civil society, bar councils, and international human rights organisations to intervene in the matter to restore the rule of law and safeguard the fundamental human rights of the detained people.
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