A panel of U.N.-backed independent experts expressed grave concern on July 25 about increased discrimination and violence against the minority Ahmadi community in Pakistan and urged authorities to ensure their protection. The experts, who work under a Human Rights Council mandate but do not speak for the United Nations, said in a statement that they were alarmed by reports of …
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday announced a high-level investigation to trace the human traffickers behind the Greece boat tragedy that lead to the death of hundreds of citizens in the Mediterranean Sea. Although there was no official confirmation from either the Greece administration or Pakistan whether the missing 500 migrants are dead or still alive, multiple media reported …
It has been 124 days since a triumphant Taliban swept into Kabul on the 15th of August 2021. UN deputy high commissioner for Human rights Nada Al-Nashif told the UN Human Rights Council on the 14th of December that between August and November of 2021 OHCHR received credible information of more than 100 killings of former Afghan national security forces …
Pakistan, the “epicentre of global terrorism”, shouldn’t lecture others on human rights issues in Jammu and Kashmir, which is an integral part of India, a senior Indian diplomat told the UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday. Indian envoy Vikas Swarup refuted Pakistan’s allegations on human rights abuses in Kashmir during a session at UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva, Feb …
India knew it had a winning case at the UNHRC over the Kashmir issue, but the Narendra Modi government must be credited for not taking things for granted. Led by external affairs minister Jaishankar, India has been on a diplomatic offensive to counter Pakistan’s propaganda on Kashmir, and this sustained effort has clearly brought dividends. It forgets that terrorism is …
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