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India slams Pakistan at UNHRC, warns against spreading propaganda, attempt
Updated : 3 days, 1 hour ago IST
Indian diplomat said that the democracy of India is mature enough to address any issues, including those instigated from outside. He said that minorities in Pakistan face blasphemy laws, systemic persecution, discrimination, denial of basic rights and freedoms, enforced disappearances and ki
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Activists raise concerns over human rights situation in PoK, Gilgit Baltis
Updated : 4 days, 15 hours ago IST
Organised by the United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) at John Knox Center, the participants including intellectuals and researchers discussed about radicalism, exploitation of resources, enforced disappearances and other issues concerning the region.
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World Sindhi Congress protests in front of UNHRC against human rights viol
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
The protest was held against the ongoing human rights atrocities perpetrated by Pakistan against the Sindhi people.
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Baloch Human Rights Council urges UN to hold Pakistan accountable for crim
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
In the seminar, speakers gave detailed presentations of the human rights situation in Balochistan and Sindh, particularly the cases of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings of socio-political and human rights defenders.
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Women activists at frontline of war against enforced disappearances in Pak
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
Despite the threats, harassment, false police cases, use of force and surveillance, delay in justice, and debilitating uncertainty, the women from the families of the disappeared have refused to cede space to the perpetrators and to the state apparatus trampling on their rights.
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Baloch groups ask UN to recognize women's struggle against enforced disapp
Updated : 2 weeks, 2 days ago IST
According to the 2022 data, out of 787 enforced disappearances, 101 women were victims of enforced disappearances. However, instead of addressing their concerns, the Pakistani state has continued to ignore their plight, and the practice of enforced disappearance has gradually increased.
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"No religious minority can freely live or practice its religion in Pakista
Updated : 3 weeks, 1 day ago IST
Using its right to reply, India's representative Seema Pujani slammed her Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar and said, "No religious minority can freely live or practice its religion in Pakistan today. The Ahmadiya community continues to be persecuted by the state for simply practisi
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Shias live in terror as sectarian violence increases in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 3 weeks, 4 days ago IST
Shias feel more vulnerable to prejudice and persecution as perception shifts, and as a result, Shia killers feel more confident attacking them.
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Baloch rights group South Korea chapter holds protest against recent enfor
Updated : 3 weeks, 6 days ago IST
Enforced disappearances are common in Balochistan. People forcibly disappear daily at the hands of the Pakistan Army and other law enforcement agencies, where mostly young people become the victim of enforced disappearances.
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Protests in Germany against enforced disappearances in Balochistan
Updated : 3 weeks, 6 days ago IST
Baloch National Movement Germany Chapter staged protests in Bielefeld and Berlin, the capital of Germany, against the state violence against women in Balochistan and the arrest of Mahal Baloch.
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Abductions of Baloch women, new wave of state repression in Balochistan
Updated : 4 weeks, 1 day ago IST
New series of these protests are taking place after the enforced disappearances of Baloch women. On 3rd February Pakistan Army in collaboration with Intelligence agencies forcibly disappeared Rahim Zehri, his mother Mahbas Khatoon, his wife Rasheeda Zehri, and their two children from Gishkor
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Enforced disappearances in Pakistan's Balochistan continue
Updated : 4 weeks, 1 day ago IST
Thousands of people from all age groups started to disappear in Balochistan. In March 2011, the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances (COIOED) was formed to work on the issue. According to figures released by COIOED in July 2022, a total of 8,696 cases of missing persons have been
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