human rights

Islamabad, April 7 – A transgender woman, identified as Sara, was killed in the city of Peshawar, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, after she refused to have a friendship with an individual and allegedly failed to pay extortion money, local media reported.The incident took place...

Seoul, April 7 – The Baloch National Movement (BNM) held a peaceful protest in Busan, South Korea, highlighting the persistent human rights abuses in Balochistan, including enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, torture, collective punishment, and systematic military repression by...

Washington, April 7 – US President Donald Trump invoked religious language to justify US actions in the Iran conflict, saying he believed “God supports” the American position."I do. Because God is good," Trump said when asked if he believed divine backing existed for the war. "God wants to see...

Islamabad, April 6 – A British parliamentary group has expressed deep concerns over the case of Maria Shehbaz, a Christian girl who was allegedly kidnapped and forced to marry in Pakistan.The parliamentary group's statement comes after Pakistan's Federal Constitutional Court ruled that Maria...

Quetta, April 5 – Four more civilians have been forcibly disappeared in Pakistan's Balochistan province, raising fresh concerns over enforced disappearances in the region, media reported on Sunday.Four men from the Parom area of Balochistan's Panjgur district were subjected to enforced...

Dhaka/Colombo, April 5. Last year, the interim government of Bangladesh, led by Muhammad Yunus, banned all activities of the Bangladesh Awami League and its related organizations through the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Ordinance 2025. Now, the new government, led by the Bangladesh Nationalist...

Islamabad, April 5. All Pakistan Minorities Alliance chairman and former federal minister for national harmony and minorities affairs, Paul Jacob Bhatti, has urged the government to establish an independent parliamentary commission to analyze cases of forced religious conversion and marriage of...

Islamabad, April 4 – Human rights lawyers and advocates have sharply criticised the recent ruling by Pakistan's Federal Constitutional Court, which upheld the marriage of a minor Christian girl, Maria Shahbaz, to a Muslim man accused of kidnapping her, while rejecting a habeas corpus petition...

Brussels, April 4 – Pakistan has repeatedly failed to demonstrate sustained, structural improvements in the core human rights situation, a key condition under the European Union’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) framework, despite more than a decade of preferential access...

Islamabad, April 4 – Pakistan’s continued efforts to appease powerful allies while exploiting their rivalries have significantly damaged its international reputation. Unless Islamabad addresses its core strategic dilemmas, the country risks internal fragmentation, a report said on Saturday...

London, April 4—Mahrang Baloch, a human rights activist and chief organizer of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), has once again highlighted the atrocities she and fellow activists have faced at the hands of Pakistani authorities during their imprisonment over the past year.In a recent...

Islamabad, April 4 – The Finnish Embassy in Islamabad will cease its operations this summer, with the mission continuing to function until the final date is announced. Following its reopening in 2022 after a decade-long closure, Helsinki has decided to close it again, according to local media...

Washington, April 4. Pakistan has experienced a consistent outflow of minority populations – including Christians, Hindus, and other communities – reflecting a broader pattern of fear and insecurity.Since 1947, religious minorities have faced persistent atrocities across the country –...

Quetta, April 4 – Another Baloch student was extrajudicially killed in Balochistan by Pakistani forces, according to a leading human rights organization.The human rights body, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), stated that the body of 18-year-old student Ghulam Qadir was found dumped in the...

Srinagar, April 3 Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the chief cleric of Kashmir, expressed hope on Friday that justice would be served in the Ganderbal encounter case and those responsible would be held accountable and punished."Following the distressing news reports of the killing of a young man, Rashid...

Quetta, April 3 – Four more civilians have been forcibly disappeared in the Balochistan province of Pakistan, according to a leading human rights organization, raising fresh concerns about enforced disappearances in the region.These latest incidents come against the backdrop of a growing wave...

Guwahati, April 2 AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi stated on Thursday that Muslims will cast their votes unitedly in favour of the AIUDF in the Assam assembly elections to be held on April 9.Addressing a rally at the Binnakandi constituency in support of AIUDF candidate and party chief...

Srinagar, April 2 The killing of a 29-year-old man in an alleged encounter with the Army in Ganderbal has raised concerns in several quarters, including from Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who has called for a transparent and time-bound investigation.A day after the Army...

Srinagar, April 2 National Conference leader and Member of Parliament Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi demanded a time-bound investigation into the allegations of a staged encounter in Ganderbal, in which a man was killed.The Army stated on Wednesday that a local militant was killed in an overnight...

In Islamabad, Christians, human rights advocates, and members of civil society in Pakistan held protests against a federal court ruling that upheld the forced conversion of a Christian girl by a Muslim man, local media reported.The protests followed a decision by the Federal Constitutional...