human rights violations

New Delhi, March 5 – The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Union Ministry of Health, the Director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bhopal, and the Commissioner of Police, Bhopal, over allegations that an assistant professor at the institute died...

Islamabad, March 4 – A minority Christian boy in Pakistan was forcibly converted to Islam, highlighting another case of injustice against vulnerable communities, according to a leading minority rights group.According to the Voice of Pakistan Minority (VOPM), 14-year-old Jameel Masih, from the...

Quetta, March 3 – At least nine Baloch civilians were forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, a leading human rights organization said on Tuesday.These latest incidents come against the backdrop of a growing wave of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings across the...

Dhaka, March 3 – The Awami League of Bangladesh expressed grave concern on Tuesday over what it described as ongoing mass arrests and custodial killings of political leaders and activists across the country, saying that these actions violate fundamental rights and undermine justice and the rule...

Quetta, March 2 – The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), a human rights body, has expressed grave concern over the deteriorating health condition and "unlawful detention" of its chief organizer, Mahrang Baloch, calling on the Pakistani authorities to ensure urgent medical care and her release...

Quetta, February 28 – The killing of 27 Baloch people forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces earlier this month during the second phase of 'Operation Herof' is not an isolated incident, but part of a broader pattern that has persisted for more than a decade in Balochistan, according to a...

Geneva, February 28 – United Nations experts expressed serious concern over the 40 Uyghur men who were forcibly deported to China by Thai authorities a year ago, under pressure from Beijing, as their current whereabouts, health, and fate remain unknown.“These disappearances reflect a broader...

Dhaka, February 27 – Several allegations have emerged from opposition activists, journalists, local businesspersons, and ordinary citizens that the political transition in Bangladesh in August 2024 was exploited to implicate innocent people in legal cases, settle old disputes, and resolve...

Quetta, February 26 – Another two civilians were extrajudicially killed by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, a leading human rights organization said on Thursday.The latest incidents come against the backdrop of a growing wave of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances across the...

Quetta, February 26 – More than 20 Baloch civilians, including women and minors, were killed and several others injured as a result of direct firing by Pakistani security forces in the districts of Nushki and Kharan in Balochistan, a leading human rights organization said on Thursday.The human...

Quetta, February 26 – The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), a human rights body, expressed grave concern on Thursday over the continued imprisonment of its chief organizer, Mehrang Baloch, and other leaders, citing what it described as a systematic pattern of "legal and procedural manipulation"...

Quetta, February 25 – As violence against civilians intensifies across Balochistan, a leading human rights organization revealed on Wednesday the extrajudicial killings of two civilians and the enforced disappearance of five others across the province, allegedly at the hands of Pakistani forces...

Islamabad, February 24. Citing a new report by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) which reveals that the Punjab province's Crime Control Department (CCD) may be more violent than any other specialized squad in the country, a report has stated that policing in Pakistan cannot improve...

Quetta, February 24 – At least five civilians were forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, human rights organizations said on Tuesday.These latest incidents come against the backdrop of a growing wave of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings across the province...

Bhubaneswar, February 23 The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought comments from the Ministry of External Affairs regarding six workers from Odisha who were held captive by their employer in Thailand, according to a statement released here on Monday.The NHRC took suo motu...

Quetta, February 23 – As violence against civilians continues to escalate in the Balochistan province of Pakistan, a leading human rights organization reported that two farmers from the Surab area were killed after being subjected to enforced disappearance earlier this month, local media...

New Delhi, February 23 – The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognizance of a media report that at least six Indian workers from Kendrapara district in Odisha have been held captive by their employer without pay and proper food for the past six months in Thailand.The incident...

Quetta, February 23 – As violence against civilians continues to escalate in Balochistan, a leading human rights organization on Monday brought to light two separate incidents: the extrajudicial killings of two civilians and the enforced disappearance of another two across the province...

Quetta, February 22 – The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), a human rights body, has strongly condemned the alarming surge in extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, and staged "fake encounters" across Balochistan during February.In its latest report, the BYC confirmed that 19...

Quetta, February 22 – At least eleven members of the same family were forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, amid a growing wave of enforced disappearances across the province, a leading human rights organization said on Sunday.Condemning the incidents, the Human Rights...