human rights

Islamabad, April 1 – In yet another shocking crime, four men are alleged to have gang-raped a woman in a van that was traveling through the Baga Sheikhan area, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Rawat police in Punjab province, Pakistan, local media reported.A police spokesperson said...

Kabul, April 1 – UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, has criticised the continued ban preventing Afghan women from accessing UN offices, calling the policy discriminatory and unjustifiable, according to local media reports on Wednesday.Bennett...

Islamabad, April 1 – Pakistan's continued custodial torture reflects serious institutional shortcomings, particularly the lack of adequate training for police forces in modern investigative techniques, such as forensic analysis and evidence-based interrogation methods, according to a report...

New Delhi, April 1 – H.S. Phoolka, a human rights lawyer and former AAP lawmaker who has been a leading voice for justice for the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, joined the BJP on Wednesday.After joining the BJP here, Phoolka said, “I have been a strong supporter of the BJP since my...

Islamabad, April 1 – Christian groups and human rights activists staged a protest in Karachi, Pakistan, expressing deep concern over what they described as a rising wave of forced marriages and religious conversions involving young girls from their community across the country. A leading...

Islamabad, April 1 Members of the transgender community in Pakistan's Faisalabad have expressed concerns over discrimination and the non-implementation of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act 2018, especially the failure to implement the three percent job quota in government and...

Geneva, April 1 – Shalee Baloch, the central organizer of the Baloch Women Forum (BWF), during the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, drew attention to human rights abuses across Balochistan, including enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings committed...

Dhaka: Bangladesh's return to electoral politics has done little to resolve the underlying issues surrounding its democratic future. The February 12 victory of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) may have resulted in a government, but it has not addressed the growing crisis of political...

Karachi, March 31 Members of Pakistan's minority Hindu community staged a sit-in protest here to highlight the rising cases of abduction and forced conversion of Hindu girls to Islam before marriage to older Muslim men.The protesters came together under the banner of Pakistan Darawar Ittehad...

Islamabad, March 31: A recent report by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has revealed that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Pakistan, particularly in the Punjab province, are facing significant constraints due to bureaucratic, legal, and financial pressures, which have...

New Delhi, March 31 An organization representing Baha'is in India on Tuesday appealed to the government and civil society to act immediately to ensure the safety and a fair trial for one of their community members who is imprisoned in Iran, according to an official statement.Peyvand Naimi, a...

Islamabad, March 31 – Videos circulating on social media showing Pakistani police using excessive force against the Maachhi community – a traditional fishing group – in the Sindh province have raised serious concerns.The footage showed male and female police officials storming the fragile...

Geneva, March 31 – Pakistan came under international scrutiny not only for domestic human rights abuses but also for a growing pattern of targeting critics abroad during the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, according to a report released on Tuesday.According...

Tel Aviv, March 31 – Israel's parliament has passed a controversial law that makes hanging the default punishment for Palestinians convicted in military courts of carrying out deadly attacks, fulfilling a key demand of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right allies.The legislation...

Lead 1March 30, New Delhi — At least 13 people were killed in Nigeria when gunmen attacked a university community in central Plateau state on Sunday night. This is the latest violence in a region long plagued by deadly farmer-herder conflicts.Violence in central Nigeria, also known as the...

Islamabad, March 30 – A leading minority rights group highlighted on Monday that members of the Ahmadi community were once again prevented from offering Eid prayers in several districts of Pakistan's Punjab province – turning what should have been a "moment of unity" into yet another instance of...

Islamabad, March 30 – Human rights activists and civil society organizations have strongly condemned the planned demolition and forced eviction of residents in Allama Iqbal Colony, a 25-year-old predominantly Christian working-class settlement in Islamabad. The community now faces an imminent...

Peshawar, March 29 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi of Pakistan alleged on Sunday that a recent speech by Kasim Khan, the son of former prime minister Imran Khan, was being “deliberately misrepresented” by the government in an attempt to mislead the public.Addressing a press...

New Delhi, March 29 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday alleged that the environment of hatred, discrimination, and atrocities against the Dalit and Adivasi communities in Gujarat has steadily intensified under the BJP government.The leader of the opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha also...

Geneva, March 28 – Several European politicians, campaigners, and political representatives attending the ongoing 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva have called for closer scrutiny of Pakistan's special trade status under the Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP Plus)...