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Pakistan: Feudal landlord cripples young camel for drinking water from his
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A feudal landlord in Sindh's Saleh Pat area allegedly subjected a young female camel to brutal torture after it strayed into his farmland in search of water and damaged crops
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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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Custodial torture should not be tolerated in any case: Kerala Speaker AN S
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Kerala Legislative Assembly Speaker AN Shamseer has claimed that compared to other states, third-degree and custodial torture are very low in Kerala.
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Pak: Former PM Imran Khan's legal team appeals to UN on human rights viola
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The international legal team representing former Pakistan PM Imran Khan has filed an appeal with the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, after citing severe human rights violations taking place during his ongoing detention, Geo TV reported.
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World Uyghur Congress ramps up global pressure on China over rights abuses
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to WUC, in Washington, US lawmakers introduced a bipartisan package of bills, including the Preventing the Forced Return of Uyghurs Act, designed to protect Uyghurs and other Turkic minorities from forced repatriation to China, where they risk detention, torture, or enforced disapp
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China's transnational crackdown intensifies as Falun Gong faces hostility
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Since then, countless practitioners have endured arbitrary detention, torture, forced labour, and accusations of forced organ harvesting. Feng stated that this campaign represents one of the most far-reaching and brutal repressions of a faith group in modern history.
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PTM marks UN Day of Enforced Disappearances, condemns state policies again
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to a post shared by PTM Holland on X, countless individuals remain either forcibly disappeared or imprisoned without trial, subjected to torture and denial of justice.
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CTA condemns China's 'Weapon of Fear' on International Day of the Victims
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In a statement shared on X, the Tibetan government-in-exile said that Chinese authorities routinely detain Tibetans in secrecy, depriving them of their rights and subjecting them to inhuman torture.
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UNPO Webinar hears Baloch testimony on Pakistan's brutality and missing pe
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"Balochistan makes up 42 per cent of Pakistan's land area and is rich in minerals and resources. Yet its people are among the most oppressed. Those who speak against injustices are abducted, tortured, or killed," Dr. Baloch said.
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Sadhvi Pragya was badly tortured: Uma Bharti on 2008 Malegaon blast case
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Former Union Minister Uma Bharti in an exclusive interview with ANI, alleged a conspiracy to defame the Hindu community through the targeting of Sadhvi Pragya and Colonel Purohit in the Malegaon blast case, accusing certain elements of engaging in appeasement politics.
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Sexual harassment, torture, abductions: Pakistan Human Rights Commission e
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Pakistan's National Commission for Human Rights has exposed systematic exploitation, human rights abuses, and gender-based violence in the country's brick kilns, Dawn reported on Wednesday.
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"Bringing this for Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Naidu": Tejashwi Yadav on
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Speaking to reporters, the RJD leader said, "They are bringing this for Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Naidu. They have only one job - to blackmail. If PMLA is slapped in ED cases, there can be no quick bail. These are torture tactics. Instead of building the country, they are distorting it
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