Human Rights

A conference organised by the Baloch Human Rights Council and the World Sindhi Congress brought together scholars, human rights activists, journalists, and political leaders to express profound concern over ongoing …

At the 5th Balochistan International Conference organised by the Baloch National Movement (BNM), Rahima Mahmut, a Uyghur human rights activist, highlighted the ongoing struggles of both the Baloch and Uyghur …

The Inter-Cultural and Inter-Religious Forum (ICIRF) and the International Centre Against Terrorism (ICAT) organised a seminar in Geneva on Tuesday. The event witnessed participation from human rights defenders, social activists, …

Executive Director of the Sindhi Foundation, Sufi Laghari, in his address to the 57th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva presented the case for Sindh’s independence from Pakistan. …

During the 57th session of the regular session of the United Nations Human Rights Council held in Geneva, Sammi Deen Baloch, General Secretary of Voice for Baloch Missing Persons, joined …

The Foreign Affairs and Security Minister of the East Turkistan Government-in-Exile, Salih Hudayar, called out the lack of global attention on the human rights crisis in China’s Xinjiang province, and …

Amid rising cases of enforced disappearances in Balochistan by Pakistani armed forces, five new cases have come to the fore, including two young lawyers, the Balochistan Post reported. As per …

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, concluded his two-day visit to Switzerland, during which he interacted with several top dignitaries and shared India’s approach to multilateralism, human rights and discussed ways …

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Karachi on August 30, 2024, to mark the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. The march, spanning nearly three kilometres from Teen Talwar …

A Sweden-based Uyghur rights organisation the Svenska Uyghur Kommitten (SUK) generally known as the Swedish Uyghur Committee in a statement released on Sunday called upon China and its president Xi …

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Thursday announced the expansion of the entity list of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) to “fight the exploitation and …

US politician and Vice President of the House Armed Services Committee Republicans, Rob Wittman, has expressed his concerns about China’s actions on African workers and Uyghur Muslims, terming the atrocities …

Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, condemned activist Naveed Baloch’s extrajudicial killing in a post on social media platform X. The statement denounced the Pakistani army’s increasing crackdown …

The European Union reiterated its persistent concerns regarding fundamental freedoms, labour rights, judicial independence, and cases of forced labour in China, during the 39th session of the joint Human Rights …

The Chinese administration has orchestrated several arrests of activists who sought to organise the commemoration ceremonies of the 35th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre to be held on Tuesday …

As Afghan women continue to remain deprived of their basic rights, United Nations officials have once again raised concerns about the situation of women in Afghanistan under Taliban rule. During …

The rise in the number of ‘enforced disappearances’ of Baloch students and men has forced women in Pakistan’s high conflict zone to step into the nationalist movement. Many have slipped …

<p> Uzra Zeya, the US Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues arrived in India on Tuesday to collaborate on human rights, democratic governance and advance humanitarian priorities. Accompanied by Anjali Kaur—USAID …

<p> In a sharp riposte to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s criticism of India on the “human rights” issue, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Wednesday that even …