human rights violations

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...

February 20, New Delhi – An independent investigation by the United Nations has documented the mass killings of non-Arab communities following the capture of the Sudanese city of al-Fashir by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), stating that the killings exhibit characteristics indicative of...

Islamabad, February 17 – The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has condemned the country's Crime Control Department (CCD) in the Punjab province for pursuing a deliberate policy of staged encounters, resulting in extrajudicial killings that fundamentally undermine the rule of law and...

Quetta, February 17 – The Baloch Women Forum (BWF) has written to the international community, drawing attention to what it described as persistent human rights abuses carried out by Pakistani forces across Balochistan, particularly the growing wave of enforced disappearances of Baloch women...

New Delhi, February 16 – The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (North Delhi) and the Vice Chancellor of the University of Delhi over allegations that a female journalist and content creator was violently assaulted while covering a...

Quetta, February 14 – As violence against civilians continues to escalate across the Balochistan province in Pakistan, a leading human rights organization revealed on Saturday the extrajudicial killing of another Baloch youth by the country's forces.These latest incidents come against the...

Berlin, February 14 – Shafi Burfat, Chairman of the Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM), condemned the presence of Pakistani Army Chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, at global security forums across Europe, calling it an insult to the communities facing "repression and occupation" within the South...

Quetta, February 14 – At least fourteen Baloch civilians have been forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, according to leading human rights organizations.Paank, the Human Rights Department of the Baloch National Movement, on Saturday, stated that 23-year-old Zulfiqar, a...

Kathmandu, February 9 The Nepalese government on Monday extended the tenure of a commission formed to investigate "excessive use of force" during last year's Gen Z protests by 25 days.This is the third time the deadline for the investigation commission has been extended.A meeting of the...