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Sindhi activist calls for UN intervention to address racial discrimination
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
He urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to appoint a special envoy to investigate the situation in Sindh, stating that this could potentially save millions of Sindhis from the pervasive racial discrimination they face in Pakistan.
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Geneva: Activists at UN highlight rampant human rights abuses in Pakistan
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Human rights activists condemned Pakistan on Thursday for a range of severe human rights violations, including enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detentions, and torture aimed at silencing dissent.
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Geneva: Kashmiri activist at UN highlights atrocities against Shias in Pak
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
During the ongoing 57th Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Beigh highlighted the plight of the Shia Muslim community within Pakistan
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EU representative at UN reiterates concern over dire human rights situatio
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The EU representative highlighted that harassment, intimidation and surveillance are faced by human rights defenders, lawyers, journalists, media workers, writers and intellectuals, including even at the transnational level.
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Activist urges UNHRC to hold Pakistan accountable for atrocities in PoJK,
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) as well as Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB) continue to remain on the receiving end of atrocities inflicted by Pakistan to continue its control over the area.
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Activist laments Pakistan for dreadful human rights record in Balochistan
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Activists express deep concern over human rights violations in Balochistan, highlighting enforced disappearances and lack of accountability by Pakistan during the 57th Regular Session of the UNHRC in Geneva.
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Baloch Human Rights Council highlights enforced disappearances in Balochis
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
In a passionate intervention, Ullah condemned the rampant human rights violations, including extrajudicial killings and the discovery of mutilated bodies of Baloch activists and defenders.
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Kashmiri activist Javed Beigh raises plight of PoGB at UNHRC: A Historic I
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Kashmiri activist Javed Beigh intervened on behalf of India at the 57th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Baloch photographers exhibit stories of hardship and struggle as they prot
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
A large number of attendees participated in the exhibition on Wednesday, where BNM members educated the audience about the dire situation in Balochistan and how the Pakistani state continues to violate international law with impunity
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Geneva: Indian Muslim woman supports CAA at UNHRC, emphasises humanitarian
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
In a significant statement at the 57th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Faiza Rifat, a Muslim woman from Jaipur, Rajasthan, voiced her support for India's Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
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Geneva: Rajasthan NGO calls for global focus on education for peace at UNH
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
During the 57th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Hansraj Singh of Rajasthan Samgrah Kalyan Sansthan emphasised the critical role of education in fostering peace and tolerance.
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Report by UNHRC highlights severe concerns about Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomou
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Ravina Shamdasani the spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday highlighted the human rights abuses persistent in China, especially in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and the Tibet Autonomous Region.
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