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Geneva: A Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) leader has unveiled the domination imposed over them by PM Imran Khan and his government and said people in the region live in an atmosphere of fear. more
Pakistani 'oppression': PoK leader urges world bodies to protect them

Geneva: Highlighting the true picture of Pakistan, political activists from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) asked the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNFRC) to protect them from the ...

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 ...

Freedom for Balochistan will not be denied: Victims of Baloch Genocide

Geneva: A pavilion is set up outside the UN Office of Geneva adjacent to iconic broken chair and named as “Save the Baloch” is a campaign by rights activists to garner greater ...

Nicaragua: After two years of crisis, more than 100,000 have fled the country

New York : Over the past two years, more than 100,000 people in Nicaragua have sought asylum abroad, reportedly fleeing persecution and human rights abuses, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, ...

Fundamentalists pelt stones at women's march in Pakistan's capital Islamabad

Islamabad: Women in large numbers on Sunday participated in 'Aurat March' across different cities in Pakistan to demand basic rights for women in each field of life. However, the ...

‘Unanimous’ ICC gives go-ahead to probe Afghanistan alleged war crimes

New York : Prosecutors have been given the green light to investigate alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan - and beyond its borders – linked to Afghan, Tali ...

Report reveals nearly 90 per cent of all people have ‘a deeply ingrained bias’ against women

New York : Despite decades of progress in closing the gender equality gap, close to nine out of 10 men and women around the world, hold some sort of bias against women, according to new f ...

Human rights defenders, too often left defenceless themselves – UN expert

New York : Human rights defenders working in conflict and post-conflict situations need to be given greater recognition, protection and support, an independent UN expert said on Wednesday ...

Pakistan ethnic groups stage protest in Geneva on UNHRC sidelines, Pashtun leader seeks India's help

Geneva: Voicing their discontent, human rights activists from Pashtun, Baloch, Sindhi and other communities have highlighted the atrocities perpetrated by the Pakistani military establish ...