Today [16 June 2020], tortured and bullet riddled body of Sindhi political activist Niaz Lashari was found in front of Jinah Hospital, in Karachi. Niaz Lashari remained associated with Sindhi national movement for more than two decades. He was a member of the National Congress of now banned Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz – Arisar (JSQM-A). He was first abducted by the state agencies in April 2018 in...
Today [16 June 2020], tortured and bullet riddled body of Sindhi political activist Niaz Lashari was found in front of Jinah Hospital, in Karachi. Niaz Lashari remained associated with Sindhi national...
A number of young Baloch men have reportedly been abducted by the Pakistani military from different regions of Pakistan's Balochistan province. After a number of raids, the young men were taken to a nearby...
The recent protests in the U.S against racial injustices has resonated strongly within the Black Mauritanian community. Most members of the Haratin community based in the U.S have fled the West African...
Hundreds of global companies buy cotton and have goods made in Xinjiang, China, where over 1 million Uyghurs are estimated to be detained, many doing forced labour. Recently proposed US legislation targeting...
Tibetans seeking to work as auxiliary policy officers in Tibetan areas of China are being barred from employment over a wide array of concerns, a Tibetan advocacy group stated on Thursday. Reasons to refuse...
As the #BlackLivesMatter campaign has had a surge in activism over the outrage over the murder of George Floyd, many nations have joined in solidarity in protests. In Indonesia, civil rights activists...
Rapidly melting glaciers in Gilgit-Baltistan are causing many to fear that the region could be affected by severe flooding. According to a study published last year in the journal Science Advances,...
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has recently released its report on religious freedom around the world. Included in the report is an updated list of countries that...
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