Islamabad, March 27 – A leading minority rights group alleged on Friday that Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are being exploited as a tool of systematic coercion, enabling organized religious groups and their allies to intimidate judges, prosecutors, police, and politicians, effectively holding the...
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Geneva, March 2 – Volker Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, has praised the vibrant civil society in India, highlighting its continued role in upholding the country's democratic traditions and the rights of minorities.At the same time, while presenting his global...
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Islamabad, February 24 – Five United Nations special rapporteurs have expressed concern over the criminal proceedings against human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha in Pakistan, emphasizing that the charges against them could be used to suppress legal advocacy and...
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