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Motorway rape occurred because victim travelled late night: Pak po
Updated : 4 hours, 37 min ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], September 29 (ANI): Pakistan police officer Umar Sheikh, who recently stoked controversy by faulting the victim for the rape incident on Lahore-Sialkot motorway, has doubled down on his remarks in front of Senate human rights panel by saying that the incident took place as
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Activist cries for global community's help to ensure Baloch get th
Updated : 10 hours, 38 min ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 29 (ANI): International community must come together to help the people of Balochistan to get their due rights, said Mama Qadeer, Baloch Veteran Human Rights Defender.
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International community must unite to raise voice over Pak atrocit
Updated : 11 hours, 17 min ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 29 (ANI): A community of European states that are represented at the United Nations must unite to raise their voices against Pakistan atrocities on Baloch people, German activist Madam Claudia Wadlich said on Friday.
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Activist urges UN to prevent ongoing 'genocide' in Balochistan by
Updated : 12 hours, 42 min ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 29 (ANI): Accusing Pakistan of conducting the worst forms of violence and persecution against the people of Balochistan, Chairperson Baloch People's Congress, Naela Quadri Baloch, has urged United Nations to intervene to prevent the ongoing "genocide" in the r
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'Silence of world community on human rights violations in Balochis
Updated : 14 hours, 2 min ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 28 (ANI): The silence of the world community on the large scale human rights violations in the region of Balochistan has given impunity to Pakistan, according to Waja Siddique Azad, the Secretary-General Baloch Peoples Congress (BPC).
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UKPNP chief urges UN rights panel to put pressure on Pakistan to r
Updated : 14 hours, 54 min ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 28 (ANI): Exiled Chairman United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri at the 45th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council urged the council to put pressure on Pakistan for the immediate and unconditional release of all
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Construction of dams in PoK, GB by Pakistan, China are illegal, sa
Updated : 18 hours, 49 min ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 28 (ANI): A political activist from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir lambasted Pakistan and China, at the 45th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, for constructing mega-dams in the occupied territories.
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Issue of illegal arrest, torture of activist who removed Pakistani
Updated : 22 hours, 50 min ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 28 (ANI): Exiled political leaders from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) have raised the issue of abduction, torture, and harassment of activists and journalists by Pakistani agencies at the illegally occupied region during the ongoing 45th Session of UN Human
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Armenia lodges request with ECHR against Azerbaijan
Updated : 1 day, 12 hours ago IST
Strasbourg [France], September 28 (ANI): Armenia on Sunday (local time) lodged a request with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to take action against Azerbaijan to halt military operations targeting civilians in Nagorno-Karabakh, the country's representative at the court said.
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NHRC notice to Union home and health secretaries over quarantine c
Updated : 1 day, 17 hours ago IST
New Delhi (India) September 27 (ANI): Acting on a petition that cites the "plight of inmates at quarantine centres and COVID-19 hospitals", besides attack on journalists and whistle-blowers, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the secretaries of the Home Ministr
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Western nations rebuke China at UNHRC over human rights violations
Updated : 2 days, 6 hours ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 27 (ANI): Amid the growing concerns over ongoing human rights violation in Xinjiang and Hong Kong, the Western countries together slammed China and called for the restoration of the basic legal rights in the two regions.
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Allow 'meaningful access' to Xinjiang for independent observers: E
Updated : 3 days, 1 hour ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 26 (ANI): European Union has called on China to allow meaningful access to Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region for independent observers, including for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
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