human rights violations

London, April 10 – The Baloch National Movement (BNM) staged a protest in London outside the Prime Minister's House against ongoing human rights violations across Balochistan, including enforced disappearances, collective punishment, and the "genocide" of civilians by Pakistani forces.The...

Quetta, April 8 – Senior leader of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), Sabiha Baloch, has expressed serious human rights concerns regarding the situation in Balochistan, Pakistan, and urged the United Nations to conduct an independent and impartial review of the human rights situation in the...

New Delhi, March 30 – The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognizance of a media report alleging that the Rajkot Crime Branch police in Gujarat illegally detained and tortured a journalist.The apex human rights body has issued a notice to the Gujarat Director General of Police...

New Delhi, April 7 – The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Delhi Police, the Union Health Ministry, and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, seeking an Action Taken Report (ATR) within two weeks in response to allegations of harassment of...

Quetta, April 6 – At least three Baloch civilians were killed extrajudicially, while five others were forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, according to a leading human rights organization.The Baloch National Movement's Human Rights Department, Paank, reported that the...

Madurai (Tamil Nadu), April 2 A district court on Thursday deferred the announcement of the sentence for nine police personnel convicted in the sensational 2020 Sathankulam custodial death case, in which a father and son died while in police custody, to April 6.Madurai First Additional...

Quetta, April 2 – At least three members of a Baloch family, including a child, were killed in mortar fire by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, according to leading human rights organizations.The Baloch National Movement's Human Rights Department, Paank, mentioned that the tragic incident...

Kyiv, March 31 – The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, and the foreign ministers of EU member states (excluding Hungary), gathered in Bucha, Ukraine, on Tuesday to commemorate the victims of the "mass atrocities" committed during...

Kabul, March 30 – The International Human Rights Foundation (IHRF) has urged Pakistani forces to stop attacking civilian areas in Afghanistan and to respect international law. Calling the firing on residential areas "war crimes," the IHRF has called on the United Nations and international human...

Quetta, March 28 – As violence against civilians escalates across Balochistan, a leading human rights organization has brought to light the extrajudicial killing of one civilian and the enforced disappearance of two others by Pakistani forces.Paank, the Human Rights Department of the Baloch...

Tehran, March 27 – The brutal attack on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Girls' School in Minab, Iran, cannot be justified, covered up, and must not be met with silence and indifference, Iran's Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi told the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) during an urgent...

Quetta, March 27 – A leading human rights organization has alleged that Pakistani forces carried out another extrajudicial killing of a civilian in Balochistan, raising fresh concerns over human rights violations in the region.The human rights body, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), stated...

Geneva, March 26 The Baloch National Movement (BNM) accused the Pakistani authorities of serious human rights abuses, including extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, and torture across Balochistan, during the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva...

Quetta, March 25 – A leading human rights organization expressed serious concerns on Wednesday over the continued enforced disappearances of Baloch women at the hands of Pakistani forces.As atrocities against civilians continue to rise in Balochistan, Paank, the Baloch National Movement's...

New Delhi, March 25 – India on Wednesday strongly criticised Pakistan over comments made in support of a terrorist organization and its members, stressing that Islamabad has no authority to speak on matters related to India and its judicial processes.India's strong reaction came after the...

New Delhi, March 24 – The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognizance of a complaint alleging the repeated targeted killings of Hindu civilians and other vulnerable communities in Jammu and Kashmir, as well as the lack of transparency in the investigation and prosecution of such...

New Delhi, March 24 – The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognizance of a media report regarding the death of three sanitation workers in Raipur district, Chhattisgarh, while cleaning a septic tank at a private hospital.Observing that the contents of the news report, if true...

Quetta, March 24 – The Baloch National Movement (BNM) accused Pakistan on Tuesday of continuing its "inhumane policy" of collective punishment across Balochistan."Can you imagine that in the 21st century, an entire family is punished for the alleged actions of a single individual? Collective...

Quetta, March 24 – As violence against civilians continues across Balochistan, a leading human rights organization has revealed the extrajudicial killing of one civilian and the enforced disappearance of another in the Panjgur district by Pakistani forces.The Baloch National Movement's Human...

Seoul, March 23 – The Baloch National Movement (BNM) held a peaceful protest in Busan, South Korea, highlighting the ongoing grave human rights violations in Balochistan, including enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, torture, and systematic repression targeting Baloch civilians...