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Pakistan accused of genocide after Khuzdar drone strike wipes out Baloch f
Updated : 5 months, 1 week 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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Human Rights in China raises concern over rising repression and global sur
Updated : 5 months, 1 week 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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Baloch families mark two months of protest in Islamabad
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Sammi Deen Baloch, a prominent human rights activist, condemned the delayed justice for Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leaders. According to Sammi Deen Baloch, the sit-in by Baloch families demanding the safe recovery of their forcibly disappeared family members has entered its second month
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Balochistan: Sammi Deen Baloch slams state repression after BYC member's a
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Taking to social media platform X, Sammi Deen Baloch stated, "The enforced disappearance of Baloch Yakjehti Committee activist Nazar Marri is a continuation of a wider and horrific series of incidents where countless young people from Balochistan are being forcibly disappeared on a daily bas
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Quetta ATC extends remand of BYC leaders, including Dr. Mahrang Baloch; ac
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
She reiterated that the strength of the movement is derived from the people: "Our struggle began on the streets and has now entered the courts. These very courts, where numerous cases of missing Baloch and Pashtuns are unresolved, have failed to recover them despite having protection orders.
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Eight-year-old arrested for posting speech of Human Rights Activist Gulzar
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
In an escalation of state repression, Pakistani authorities have arrested an eight-year-old boy, Suhaib Baloch, from Turbat in Balochistan for sharing a speech by prominent human rights activist Gulzar Dost on social media.
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Netherlands: BNM holds protest outside Pak embassy demanding justice for '
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The demonstration was aimed at exposing Pakistan's ongoing policy of state repression in Balochistan, including enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings.
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752 Missing, 117 Killed: BYC says Pakistan is silencing Baloch voices with
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) released its semi-annual human rights report (January-June 2025) during a press conference held at the Karachi Press Club, highlighting what it described as systematic and widespread state repression across Balochistan, The Balochistan Post (TBP) reported.
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Tibetans, Chinese activists hold peaceful protest in Geneva amid UNHRC ses
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
On June 16, as the 59th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC 59th Session) began, the Tibetan Community of Switzerland and Liechtenstein (TCSL) organized a peaceful protest in Geneva to draw attention to ongoing state repressions within the People's Republic of China under the Chine
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Paank condemns harassment of Nadia Baloch in Hudda Jail, links ordeal to s
Updated : 8 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The human rights department of the Baloch National Movement (BNM), Paank, has strongly condemned the ongoing harassment and blatant violation of legal rights faced by Nadia Baloch and her sister inside Hudda Jail, Quetta, Balochistan, as reported on June 17. The incident is directly linked t
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Baloch activist Mahrang Baloch exposes Pakistani state repression from pri
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Mahrang Baloch, writing from a Quetta jail, accused the Pakistani state of targeting peaceful Baloch activists through arrests and smear campaigns. She defended her non-violent advocacy, described harassment in Norway, and called for justice and rights for Balochistan's people, stressing tha
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Eid has no meaning amid state repression, says PoJK Activist Amjad Ayub Mi
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
As millions prepare to mark Eid with joy and tradition, Amjad Ayub Mirza, a leading activist from Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), has declared the occasion hollow for those living under state repression in Pakistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Balochistan.
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