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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...