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Quetta: Pakistan is fighting COVID-19 pandemic but even at this hour of crisis the country's minority communities, specially the Hindus, are constantly facing atrocities. more
Balochistan witnesses protests demanding justice for Bramsh

Quetta: Protests erupted in Balochistan to demand justice for four-year-old girl Bramsh who was shot by gunmen at her residence in Dannuk area of Turbat recently.

COVID-19 lockdown badly hits small businessmen in Gilgit Baltistan

Islamabad: The COVID-19 lockdown in Pakistan has badly hit businessmen in Ghizer district of Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan.

National Commission for Human Rights still non-functional after more than a year in Pakistan

Islamabad: Despite torture inflicted on minorities being reported from different parts of the country every now and then, the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) of Pakistan has b ...

HRW, UN urge Nepal govt to investigate deadly attacks on Dalit

New York/Kathmandu:  Two recent incidents in which six people were killed show the Nepali government has systematically failed to confront entrenched caste – or descent – ...

Remaining Sikhs in Afghanistan live in fear of terrorists and Covid-19, awaiting India to rescue them

Kabul: Living under the constant threat of terrorists in cramped conditions since the March 25 massacre,  Sikhs staying in Afghanistan are exposed to Covid-19, leaving them with no o ...

Put human rights at the centre of coronavirus response urges Muhammad-Bande

New York: The nations of the world must put human rights at the heart of their ongoing response to COVID-19 and ensure that everyone can enjoy “justice and peace” wherever the ...

Yemen: ‘Hanging on by a thread’, UN chief requests funding to meet staggering humanitarian crisis

New York: More than five years of conflict have left Yemenis “hanging on by a thread, their economy in tatters” and their institutions “facing near-collapse”, the ...

Address 'appalling impact' of COVID-19 on minorities, UN rights chief urges

New York: Urgent action is needed to address “the major disproportionate impact” of COVID-19 on racial and ethnic minorities, including people of African descent, the UN High ...

Four-year-old girl injured, her mother killed as death squad members attack them in Balochistan

Quetta: Even as the world continues to fight COVID-19 outbreak, it seems torture on people of Balochistan in Pakistan continues and in the latest episode the victim of the barbaric activi ...