Rights

At HRC, Baloch group requests UN intervention over human rights abuses in Pakistan

Geneva: A Baloch rights group has requested UN intervention in the southwestern province of Pakistan to save people who are facing severe rights violations, media reports said. more

Afghan Human Rights body says Taliban members occupying its buildings

Kabul/UNI: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) has said that its office buildings have been occupied by the Taliban militia since August 15 when the Islamist group ...

India slams Pakistan over its treatment towards minorities

Geneva: At UNHRC, India on Monday slammed Pakistan by stating that Pakistan is known as the “killing field” for the minorities.

Pakistan exploits Kashmiri youth as pawns in its proxy war: EFSAS director Junaid Qureshi tells UNHRC

Geneva: European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS) director Junaid Qureshi has targeted Pakistan and said the country's military establishment has used youth from Jammu ...

Stop Pakistan from treating us like animals: PoK activist breaks down at UNHRC

Geneva: The torture meted to people of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) was reflected in the hard-hitting words of activist Muhammad Sajjad Raja as he broke down in the United Nation ...

Persecuted Hindu minority of Pakistan demands justice from UN in Geneva

Geneva: A group of protesters gathered at UN Headquarters in Geneva during the 44th Session of UN Human Rights Council to highlight the plight of Hindus in Pakistan and to protest against ...

Victims of intercommunal violence in South Sudan deserve ‘justice, truth and reparations’: Bachelet

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday condemned a fresh wave of intercommunal violence in the world’s youngest nation, South Sudan, that has left hundreds dead across ...

UNHRC: India corners Pakistan for peddling distorted Kashmir narrative

Geneva: India recently cornered Pakistan on the Kashmir issue at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session in Geneva for referring to different UN Security Council (UN ...

Minority groups of Pakistan protest against atrocities of Army in Geneva

Geneva: Several minority groups from Pakistan protested against Pakistani Army for its atrocities and put up banners and posters in Geneva city where the United Nations Human Rights ...

Activist from Gilgit Baltistan pens letter to UNHRC, questions lack of mention in its report

Gilgit: In a letter to the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC), an activist from Pakistan's Gilgit Baltistan region while thanking the watchdog's High Commissioner for ...