Since as journalist, I have worked in Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir, I will speak for its people and leave it to my co-panelists to speak about the human rights violations committed in other countries of South Asia, especially Pakistan's provinces of Balochistan and Sindh.. ..…
At UNCAT hearing, held on April and 19, 2017, Pakistan's position was represented by Barrister Zafarullah Khan, assistant to the minister on human rights.. Our government is working on new for Pakistan, one that shuns medieval mindset and embraces human..…
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan tweeted video of protesters breaking the infrastructure of the school and wrote, of accusations of Ghotki and the outbreak of mob violence.. ... With international attention focusing on the continuous excesses of Pakistan, Senate..…
As Agenzia Fides learns, students, activists, NGO members, politicians and leaders of religious minorities took part in the discussion, underlining the need to foster in the country and highlighting the obstacles regarding respect for human rights Pakistan... ..…
America and refuge, and against all odds, human rights Gulalai Ismail has managed to slip across Pakistan's borders order to seek political asylum Brooklyn, New York... ... Finally, she was able to flee the country and make her way to Brooklyn on visa she already had from trips..…
In February, suicide bombing Kashmir killed Indian paramilitary troops traveling in convoy, and provoked tit-for-tat air strikes between India and Pakistan.. Human-rights groups criticize Indian troops for blinding protesters with buckshot, and viewed from the other side, the..…
According to the 2018 Human Rights Watch report on Pakistan, a climate of fear continues to impede media coverage of abuses by both government security forces and militant groups. . ... A report by the Office of the United Nations Hight Commissioner for Human..…
Pakistan, too, faces severe international condemnation for human rights abuses in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, ranging from political repression; state-sponsored terrorism; coordinated crackdown on dissidents, human rights activists, and independent..…
In November 2018, we proposed and submitted memorandum of understanding to Pakistan's Ministry of Human Rights, while awaiting answer concerning the beginning of in the mentioned areas, .. ..…
However, such inquiries were seldom conducted and when they were the investigation was replete with incompetence, inefficiency, and violations of human rights standards. . Pakistan has also consistently failed to set up juvenile courts, borstal institutions and provisions for..…
According to World Health Organisation report entitled Demographics of Child Marriage Pakistan, marriage before the age of 18 violates human rights of boys and girls. ... On the other hand, Pakistan is signatory to many human rights conventions..…
By privatizing the occupation of Palestine, Israel has enriched the industry and allowed the country to evade accountability for human rights violations... thousands of refugees from Afghanistan, Pakistan and elsewhere suffered epidemics of scabies and dysentery Olympic stadiums..…
Both Human Rights Watch report and Thomson Reuters Foundation survey have noted the high levels of Pakistan face. ... The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan published in their 2018 report that there were at minimum 845 incidents of violence against..…
Commonwealth can also suspend membership step it has taken in response to grave breaches of human rights Fiji, Nigeria, Pakistan and Zimbabwe.. ..…
Zahid Farooq, Christian and human rights Karachi, notes. The number of citizens of religious minorities living Pakistan has increased, and we see that in the meantime there has been no increase in the number of seats reserved for the religious minorities in National Assembly. ..…
Internet Landscape of Pakistan is effort to regularly monitor and document the ongoing trends and challenges that impact digital and human rights in the country. ..…
It must also be remembered that it's the only the state of Pakistan that has taken upon the obligations to protect life, dignity and human rights of its citizens under the constitution of Pakistan and also under the human rights agreements that..…
At the time Human Rights Council issued its report critiquing U.S human rights record in 2015, Council included among its members such human rights abusers as Pakistan, Venezuela, China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, China, and Cuba. . ..…
These include, and are certainly not limited to, criticisms from Reprieve, Amnesty International, American Civil Liberties Union, Human Rights Watch, Pakistan Body Count, the New America Foundation, American Moslem Political Action Committee, CODEPINK, and Center for..…
The remote area that borders Afghanistan, called the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of northwestern Pakistan, has been least tolerant of in public spaces, some women activists say. Naz got degree, became human rights lawyer, opened Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and worked one of..…
Bibi denied the charge and appealed the decision, and remained prison for years despite international pressure and the campaigns of human rights groups.. Last October, Pakistan's Supreme Court acquitted Bibi of wrongdoing, concluding that the prosecution has failed to prove its..…
Other nations with human rights records to include Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Israel and Egypt are given pass as long as they stay aligned with the US on policy.. ..…
While watchdog groups and human rights organizations have condemned Pakistan for its blasphemy laws, Ittan Wali told Telegraph that Bibi confessed to insulting their faith at the time and her death sentence should stand... ..…
Ensuring treatment of minorities and their enjoyment of human rights without any discrimination is the principle of Constitution of Pakistan... ..…
In development, the US government added Pakistan, China and Saudi Arabia along with few other countries to a blacklist of nations where violating freedom and the rights of minorities is on the rise.. Human-rights organizations and journalists have already pointed out..…
spokesman with U.S Islamabad clarified on Wednesday that Pompeo had issued waiver over potential sanctions against Pakistan as required by the important national interest of United States... Human rights advocates have long voiced alarm about the treatment of religious..…
Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari said Pakistan's on the US was pure political blackmailing and attempt by United States to pressure Pakistan to implement US policy goals Afghanistan.. ..…
It was Ireland's 2009 Defamation Act that inspired Pakistan's successful attempt, on behalf of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, to persuade UN Human Rights Council to condemn the defamation of religion as human rights violation. ..…
Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari said Pakistan's on U.S was pure political blackmailing and attempt by United States to pressure Pakistan to implement U.S goals Afghanistan.. ..…
IA Rehman, secretary-general of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), said the government did not take the people into confidence on issues relating to minority rights and crowd politics. . ... But he said a good number of detainees would eventually be released if they were..…
Last March, Pakistan Senate Human Rights Commission proposed amendments to the law to punish false accusers, suggesting that the punishment is to be imposed for those. ..…
I first met Asma Jahangir, the champion of human rights Pakistan, as Sri Lanka in the late 1980s. ..…
To date, UN Human Rights Council is made up of some of the worst abusers of human rights in the world. Countries like China, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela are all member states with full voting rights. ..…
While human rights activists hailed the judgment, the religious Right warned of serious consequences. . Spokesman of the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, I.A.Rehman welcomed the verdict and told The Telegraph: “The judiciary has upheld..…
Based on IFEX member reports Afghanistan Journalists Center, Committee to Protect Journalists, Digital Rights Foundation, Hong Kong Journalists Association, Human Rights Watch, International Federation of Journalists, Mizzima News, PEN International, Pakistan Press..…
While conveying its disapprobation of the treatment meted out to Northern Areas by the Government of Pakistan, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan reported, in its monthly January 1994, that.. ..…
Mehdi Hasan, chairman of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, welcomed Islamabad court's move seeking amendment for the law... ..…
It was Ireland's 2009 Defamation Act that inspired Pakistan's successful attempt, on behalf of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, to persuade UN Human Rights Council to condemn the. ..…
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Forces in Afghanistan, is based on research conducted by Human Rights Watch in Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2003 and early 2004. Human Rights Watch documented cases of U.S. forces using military tactics, including unprovoked deadly force, during operations to..…