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Woman sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan amid ongoing human righ
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
A woman was sentenced to death in Quetta under Pakistan's Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act for posting blasphemous content. The case has drawn attention to the misuse of blasphemy laws and raised concerns about human rights violations in Pakistan.
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Bangladesh minority group urges UN to investigate communal violence
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The Bangladesh Hindu Bouddha Christian Oikya Parishad has urged the United Nations to investigate over 2,000 incidents of communal violence targeting minorities in Bangladesh. This appeal follows the ousting of Sheikh Hasina as Prime Minister and the subsequent formation of an interim govern
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Geneva: Baloch National Movement holds protest and photo exhibition at UN
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The Baloch National Movement (BNM) organised a protest demonstration and photo exhibition outside the United Nations office in Geneva on Tuesday, gathering a large number of activists in front of the iconic Broken Chair monument.
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BNM Calls for Global Action on Balochistan human rights at Geneva Conferen
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The Baloch National Movement (BNM) organized the Fifth Balochistan International Conference in Geneva during the 57th session of the UN Human Rights Council. Speakers, including human rights activists and political figures, focused on enforced disappearances, political violence, and environm
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Kidnapping of children by Pak intelligence agencies calls for internationa
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
According to the UKPNP leader, "We can no longer trust Pakistan's internal mechanisms to provide justice, as they have proven time and again to be complicit in these human rights violations. We, therefore, call for immediate international intervention to protect our children and safeguard th
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Balochistan: Two brothers killed in fake encounter by Pakistani forces in
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
As the situation in Balochistan continues to be grim, two brothers, Ismail and Habibullah, were allegedly killed by Pakistani forces in a fake encounter following their extrajudicial arrest.
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Baloch diaspora protests in Germany against Pak atrocities in Balochistan
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Protesters proceeded through various city streets and made their way to Jungfernstieg, a popular tourist spot. They carried banners and placards denouncing the unlawful control of Balochistan, human rights violations, and forced disappearances.
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HRCP urges Pakistan to address human rights violations endured by youth go
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan called for urgent attention to the rights violations endured by those resorting to enter abroad through illegal routes, and added that most victims are often subjected to torture, extortion, abuses, blackmail, imprisonment, and even death.
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Baloch diaspora protest in London, Amsterdam against Pak atrocities in Bal
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Protesters carried banners, placards, and pictures of the disappeared, chanting slogans against severe human rights violations in Pakistan
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Abid Baloch shooting incident highlights surge in attacks on enforced disa
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Amid the ongoing atrocities and enforced disappearances in Balochistan, Pakistani security forces have recently targeted Baloch activists and leaders who speak out against these human rights violations, resorting to abductions and killings.
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UKPNP convention in PoJK highlights human rights violations, development i
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The event saw participation from a large number of people from different districts of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK).
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UN human rights chief calls for victim-centred implementation as Nepal adv
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
United Nations Human Rights Chief Volker Turk has called for victim-centred implementation of new transitional Justice legislation in Nepal ensuring accountability and reconciliation. Issuing a statement, Turk said, "Eighteen years since the end of the decade-long conflict, and after sever
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