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Islamabad: The picture of failure and discrimination faced by people in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir at the hands of the government is becoming evident every day with now reports are emerging that power cut troubles have added to the agony of residents who are already badly disturbed by COVID-19 outbreak. more
Human rights ‘uplift everyone’; must guide COVID-19 recovery response, says UN chief

New York : The coronavirus pandemic is not only a critical public health danger, it is also a human, economic and social emergency that is “fast becoming a human rights crisis&rdquo ...

The disappearing whistle-blowers and the Covid-19 truth of China

If you are a coronavirus whistle-blower in China, you go missing. Sometimes not even too mysteriously.. often after live-streamed chase by the secret police on Weibo or YouTube. 

Online predators put millions of children at risk during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown

New York : Self-isolation has driven more and more children to move online during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to an unprecedented rise in screen time and raising safety risks for milli ...

Detained children at ‘grave risk’ of contracting COVID-19 – UNICEF chief

New York : Hundreds of thousands of children in detention around the world are at “grave risk” of contracting COVID-19, the head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (U ...

Pakistan secret agencies are backing criminals to target civilians in Balochistan, activists claim

Quetta/Islamabad: Apart from improper implementation of system by the government needed to contain COVID-19 outbreak in Pakistan, political activists are now alleging that the secret agen ...

Experts believe Gilgit-Baltistan, PoK are turning into COVID-19 epicentres, blame Imran Khan govt

Islamabad: Experts are claiming that Pakistan's Gilgit Baltistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) are fast emerging into COVID-19 hotbeds of the country and even the PM Imran Khan- ...

Pakistan lawyer highlights Imran Khan govt's lackluster attitude in dealing COVID-19 situation in Gilgit-Baltistan

Islamabad: Amidst coronavirus epidemic, Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan region appears to have been forgotten by the country's government after a prominent lawyer of Astore, one of ...

Africans nationals facing widespread harassment in China in the wake of Covid-19: Reports

Wuhan: After emerging as the epicentre of the COVID-19 disease, reports are now emerging that African students and expatriates in China are facing evictions from their homes and are being ...

COVID-19: PoK, Gilgit-Baltistan families complain of police atrocities, lack of proper medical facilities

Gilgit: Apart from alleged improper implementation of policies by the government at a time when the country is facing COVID-19 outbreak, reports are now emerging that Pakistani agencies a ...