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Christmas Eve celebrations muted across China amid curbs on religious acti
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Christmas Eve passed quietly across much of China as authorities restricted religious gatherings and public celebrations. Reports said house church services were blocked, Christmas displays reduced, and activities limited to state-approved churches under strict government regulations.
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Taiwan accuses China of 'transnational suppression' over undersea cable sm
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
In June, a Taiwanese court sentenced the Chinese captain of the Togo-registered ship Hong Tai 58 to three years in prison after determining he was guilty of deliberately damaging subsea cables off Taiwan in February, which raised concerns among officials.
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EU condemns China's expanding human rights violations in Xinjiang, Tibet,
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Marking Human Rights Day 2025, the European Union (EU) accused China of intensifying its suppression of fundamental freedoms and failing to make any meaningful progress on human rights.
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China's online censorship faces growing public pushback
Updated : 3 months ago IST
In its latest Quarterly Report on the Situation in China, the council said that China's "digital authoritarian model" has reached a breaking point and is now caught in a self-perpetuating loop of suppression and speculation, as reported by The Taipei Times.
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Pakistan's shadow war on Baloch citizens intensifies
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Four individuals, including a woman, a student poet, a fisherman, and a security guard, were allegedly abducted by Pakistani security forces in separate incidents this week. Families of the missing persons have appealed for their immediate and safe recovery, urging authorities to end what th
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Tibetan activist confronts China at UN, warns of "colonial assimilation" i
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Tenzin Dorjee told a UN forum that China's policies are erasing Tibetan, Uyghur and Mongolian culture, including separating children from their families and banning local languages. He urged countries to protect minority rights and said diversity strengthens societies, while repression fuels
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United Kashmir People's National Party slams Pak's 27th constitutional ame
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Pakistan's 27th Constitutional Amendment strengthens the military's power, weakens democracy and the judiciary, and centralises authority, UKPNP spokesperson Sardar Nasir Aziz Khan warned. He said it grants lifetime immunity to top leaders, creates a parallel court, reduces provincial rights
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Pakistan: PTI, TTAP stage nationwide protests against 27th Amendment and m
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Demonstrators, led by key PTI leaders, criticised immunity provisions and accused the government of targeting PTI while calling for constitutional supremacy and nationwide peaceful resistance.
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Former Pak PM Imran Khan-led party condemns "reign of terror" after his si
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
PTI condemned the Punjab government for allegedly assaulting Imran Khan's sisters and supporters outside Adiala Jail. The party announced a nationwide 'black day' on Friday, while leaders accused authorities of violence, denying visitation rights and suppressing dissent, vowing to continue t
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China accelerates cultural suppression in Tibet with ideological, militari
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
According to a report released by the Washington-based advocacy organisation International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), China is increasingly using the education system to instil loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) at the expense of Tibetan culture and language, as reported by Phayul.
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BASC report reveals sharp rise in killings and disappearances in Balochist
Updated : 4 months ago IST
A new report by the Baloch Advocacy and Studies Centre (BASC) has revealed an alarming surge in enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Balochistan, exposing the scale of Pakistan's violent suppression of dissent amid its drive to exploit the province's mineral wealth.
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Global leaders in Berlin denounce Pakistan's brutal occupation, ongoing ge
Updated : 4 months ago IST
The gathering served as a platform to condemn Pakistan's decades-long suppression of the Baloch people and to reaffirm the resolve for a free and independent Balochistan. Shali Baloch and Nadeem Saleem moderated the event. It featured speeches from BNM Chairman Dr Naseem Baloch, World Sindhi
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