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Grave human rights violations continue non-stop in Pakistan
Updated : 3 hours, 30 min ago IST
Grave human rights violations continued unabated, including enforced disappearances, torture, crackdowns on peaceful protests, attacks against journalists and violence against religious minorities and other marginalised groups in Pakistan, reported Amnesty International South Asia.
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Inmates exposed to communicable diseases in overcrowded Pak jails: HRW rep
Updated : 3 days, 3 hours ago IST
The overcrowding in jail makes inmates vulnerable to communicable diseases and also they don't have access to medical facilities, according to HRW report.
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Book on war crimes during Bangladesh Liberation War released at UNHRC
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
The book written by Dr MA Hasan has documented the magnitude of sexual harassment, torture and killings committed by the Pakistan Army during the 1971 Liberation War.
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Pakistan: Man tortured to death in 'illegal custody'
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
After the death in the custody of Merwala check-post in the Jatoi police station area, six police officers, including a sub-inspector, were booked in a murder case and were also suspended.
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Pakistan: Caretaker Punjab CM gives 'free hand' to police if they are atta
Updated : 1 week, 5 days ago IST
While showing a video of the "torture of the police by PTI workers", Naqvi said that it is not possible for the police to work and take a beating at the same time.
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Atrocities against Baloch people highlighted at UNHCR
Updated : 2 weeks ago IST
While addressing the UNHRC, Munir Mengal, a Baloch political and human rights activist, said, "I stand before you to draw your attention to the ongoing human rights violation against the Baloch people in Pakistan. The Baloch people have been subjected to a range of abuses including disappear
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Imprisoned children in Iran suffer sexual violence, electric shocks: Amnes
Updated : 2 weeks ago IST
Citing a report by the Rights group Amnesty International, CNN reported that child detainees in Iran are facing severe torture and are facing sexual violence, flogging and electric shocks by the authorities in the country.
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Sisodia being tortured in CBI custody, claims AAP
Updated : 3 weeks, 1 day ago IST
Sisodia was arrested last Sunday in an ongoing investigation of a case related to alleged irregularities in the framing and implementation of the excise policy of GNCTD.
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Now, 16-year-old boy found hanging in pvt college, kin allege torture
Updated : 1 month ago IST
A 16-year-old boy was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his classroom at a private college in the Rangareddy district of Telangana on Wednesday.
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Shias live in terror as sectarian violence increases in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 1 month 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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Home guard dies by suicide following torture by his brothers in MP's Shivp
Updated : 1 month ago IST
The home guard was identified as Kamlesh Sharma (55), a resident of Damron Kalan village and he was posted at Dinara police station in the district. Kamlesh was still in service.
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Telangana man dies due to alleged torture in police custody, AIMIM demands
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
AIMIM MLA Kausar Moinuddin reached Medak today to attend the final rites of Qadeer, who allegedly died after taking police beatings. The Karwan MLA also met with the Medak SP and submitted a request to take action and dismiss the police personnel involved in the incident.
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