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Chinese court sentences Tibetan activist Tsering Tso to one year in prison
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Tsering Tso, a Tibetan human rights advocate, has received a one-year prison sentence from the Trikha (Ch. Guide) County People's Court located in Tsolho (Hainan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in eastern Tibet. She was charged with "picking quarrels and provoking trouble," a vague accusatio
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PoJK Doctor barred from leaving Pakistan, sparks outcry over rights violat
Updated : 10 months ago IST
Following India's "Operation Sindoor," Pakistan is intensifying its efforts to suppress dissent in both Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) and Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB), regions that have been unlawfully occupied by Pakistan since 1947.
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Pakistan's security forces abduct two brothers in Balochistan's Turbat
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The enforced disappearance of the Kareem brothers adds to the growing list of cases in Balochistan where civilians are abducted by state forces without due process. Human rights groups have long accused Pakistani authorities of using forced disappearances as a tool to suppress dissent and in
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YSRCP accuses TDP Govt of misusing police, calls out decline in law and or
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) on Monday accused the ruling coalition government of misusing the police force to target opposition leaders and suppress dissent, raising serious concerns over the law and order situation in Andhra Pradesh.
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BNM announces global protests to highlight human rights violations in Balo
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
These protests will highlight the concerning increase in enforced disappearances, arbitrary detentions of Baloch political activists, and false allegations used to suppress dissent, the post noted.
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Balochistan government tightens control, decides to suppress dissent with
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The Balochistan government, under the leadership of Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti, has decided to take stringent measures against government employees involved in anti-state activities, as reported by ARY News.
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"Withdraw anti-democratic Jana Suraksha Bill": CPI(M) slams Maharashtra Go
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The Maharashtra State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] on Tuesday issued a scathing condemnation of the NDA-led state government's "Special Jana Suraksha Bill" (Special Public Safety Bill), introduced by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, calling it an anti-democra
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Human rights advocates criticise China for torturing detained writer, jour
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Human rights advocates have alleged that Chinese authorities are mistreating Chinese Australian writer Yang Hengjun and journalist Zhang Zhan as part of a larger effort to suppress dissent.
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Pakistan: Baloch Yakjehti Committee condemns FIR against enforced disappea
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
In a post on X, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) denounced the registration of an FIR against the family of Akhtar Shah, a victim of enforced disappearance, and BYC members. The FIR, filed by Kalat authorities, accuses "unknown people" of blocking the N-25 Quetta-Karachi Road, which BY
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Media body urges Pakistan government to address restrictions on freedom of
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The Association of Electronic Media Editors and News Directors (AEMEND) has appealed to the Pakistan government to address the growing restrictions on media freedom in Pakistan, highlighting the use of various tactics to suppress dissent, as reported by The News International.
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State, its spy agencies, along with the military, exhibit utter contempt:
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Pakistan, in its attempt to suppress dissent in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has been orchestrating attacks and shellings, merely a day before the Pashtun National Jigra.
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World Uyghur Congress urges global action amid ongoing human rights violat
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
WUC's Interim President Erkin Ekrem underscored that October 1 symbolises the loss of freedom for Uyghurs and called for unity against the Chinese government's brutal violations of human rights, which target cultural and religious identities and suppress dissent.
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