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Indian NGO urges UNHRC to hold sponsors of Pahalgam terror attack accounta
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Sambhali Trust, an Indian NGO, has called on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to ensure accountability for the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, in which 26 civilians were killed.
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Enforced disappearance of Tibetan monk Dhargye arrested by China enters fi
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Tibetan monk Venerable Dhargye has been missing for over four years since his arrest by Chinese authorities in Lhasa in 2021. While police gave false assurances of his release, no charges or updates have been provided. Tibetans continue to demand his immediate release, Tibet Times reporte
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Fazlur Rehman slams the Pakistani government's failures, announces nationw
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Maulana Fazlur Rehman, head of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), announced on Thursday that his party will launch peace marches across all four provinces, aiming to bring Pakistanis together on a single platform to safeguard their rights, as reported by ARY News.
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Geneva: India's Sambhali Trust champions elder rights at UNHRC session
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Bringing voices of dignity and inclusion to the global stage, Sambhali Trust, an Indian NGO, has emphasised the importance of safeguarding the rights of older persons during the ongoing 60th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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Pakistan accused of genocide after Khuzdar drone strike wipes out Baloch f
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Sammi Deen Baloch, a prominent human rights activist from Balochistan, condemned the deadly drone strike in the Zehri area of Khuzdar district, which has once again drawn attention to the ongoing violence and human rights abuses in Balochistan. The strike targeted a civilian household on Wed
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Pakistan: Imran Khan refuses to cooperate with cybercrime investigators at
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
PTI founder Imran Khan refused to meet cybercrime investigators at Adiala Jail over tweets from his account, Dawn reported. A petition in the Islamabad High Court seeks conjugal rights for Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi, while security is tightened for his video-linked court appearance.
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Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi urges people to join the 'Vote Chori Signature
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In a post on social media platform X, the Wayanad MP said, "Every signature is as important as every vote. Join us and show your support to defend our democratic principle of 'one man, one vote'. We are fighting for every individual's right to vote and to defend our cherished constitution
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China questioned by UN experts over enforced detention of Tibetan activist
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A group of United Nations human rights experts has expressed crucial concern over the enforced detention and reported torture of Tibetan activist Namkyi, urging China to explain her treatment and uphold international human rights standards, as reported by the Central Tibetan Administration (
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Amjad Ayub Mirza slams Pakistan's CTD expansion in PoGB, calls it move to
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Political analyst and rights campaigner Amjad Ayub Mirza has sharply criticised Pakistan's decision to extend the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) into Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB), warning that the measure is intended to suppress local opposition rather than tackle militancy.
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Chhattisgarh: NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of piling up of unclaimed dea
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that a number of unclaimed dead bodies are piled up in the mortuary of the District Hospital, Raipur, Chhattisgarh as there is no place allotted for their last rites, which are being performed
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Human Rights in China raises concern over rising repression and global sur
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Human Rights in China (HRIC) has issued its latest weekly brief, highlighting a troubling escalation in state repression, legal manoeuvring, and the global export of surveillance tools by Beijing.
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Sindhi activists protest in Geneva against human rights abuses in Pakista
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The demonstrations were accompanied by a side event at the International Centre Conference on Sindh and a Sindhi Human Rights Exhibition. Protesters raised concerns over a wide range of issues, including enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, land grabbing, forced conversions of Si
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