Dec 14, 2021, at 01:49 am
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), a Tibetan non-governmental human rights organization based in Dharamshala in India, has launched an online database with information on 5,518 Tibetan political prisoners compiled since 1990.
Dalai Lama row: China sentences Tibetan writer to 10-year prison
Dec 14, 2021, at 01:04 am
Beijing: A Chinese court has sentenced a Tibetan writer and educator known for expressing loyalty to exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to 10 years in prison.
Human Rights Day: China places lawyers, activists under house arrest
Dec 14, 2021, at 12:45 am
Beijing: Chinese authorities continue to dominate over dissidents, rights lawyers and activists as well as their families by putting them under house arrest.
Activists in Bangladesh raise concerns over human rights violations in China, Pakistan
Dec 14, 2021, at 12:05 am
Dhaka: Activists and NGOs in Bangladesh raised serious concerns on human rights violations in China, Pakistan, and other parts of the world on International Human Rights Day.
China ignores people's rights to keep COVID-19 outbreak at bay during 2022 Winter Olympics
Dec 13, 2021, at 11:56 pm
China is fearing that the COVID-19 outbreak may trouble Beijing's preparedness for the 2022 Winter Olympics and hence has been trying to keep the transmissions at bay locally at the cost of people's freedom and rights, said media reports.
Dec 13, 2021, at 11:49 pm
Beijing: Chinese authorities are continuing their aggressive campaign of repression against the media as 127 journalists have been detained under the current regime.
Afghanistan: Ruling Taliban forces beat up journalist
Dec 13, 2021, at 07:55 pm
Kabul: An Afghanistani reporter has claimed that he was beaten up and detained for six hours by ruling Taliban forces.
China: Cargo ship sinks, nine crew members die
Dec 13, 2021, at 04:15 am
Beijing: Nine crew members died as the cargo ship sank early Sunday morning off the coast of Yantai City in China, media reports said.
Lahore faces water crisis with already depleting ground water table
Dec 13, 2021, at 04:06 am
Islamabad/UNI: A briefing to Prime Minister Imran Khan suggests that Lahore and surrounding areas face a water crisis with the already depleting ground water.
Pakistan PM Imran Khan takes notice of Gwadar fishermen's 'very legitimate' demands
Dec 13, 2021, at 01:51 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has finally taken notice of the "very legitimate" demands of the Gwadar fishermen, marking a victory for the protesters.
Afghanistan: Unidentified armed men gun down religious scholar in Farah
Dec 12, 2021, at 10:37 pm
Farah, Afghanistan/UNI/Xinhua: Unidentified armed men have shot dead a religious scholar in Afghanistan's western Farah province, a provincial official said Sunday.
Lahore prisoners getting drugs from court lockups: Pakistan govt
Dec 12, 2021, at 08:50 pm
Punjab/UNI: The Home Ministry of Pakistan's Punjab province has issued an alert stating that the inmates in Lahore prison have been getting drugs from court lockups and directed the authorities to take necessary actions.
Bangladesh: Truck hits motorcycle, 2 die
Dec 12, 2021, at 07:50 pm
A truck slammed a motorcycle in Bangladesh's Rajshahi city on Saturday which left two people dead, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Taliban attackers gun down boy in Kabul
Dec 12, 2021, at 07:07 pm
Kabul: The Taliban attackers gunned down a boy in Kabul city of Afghanistan on Saturday.
Pakistani politicians express concern over worsening human rights situation in country
Dec 12, 2021, at 02:30 am
Rawalpindi, Pakistan/IBNS: Political and human rights activists from Pakistan, Pak Occupied Kashmir (POK) and Gilgit-Baltistan have expressed grave concern on the worsening human rights situation in Pakistan.
Worn-out banknotes add to Afghanistan's economic woes
Dec 12, 2021, at 02:08 am
Kabul/UNI: Worn-out banknotes are adding to the woes of Afghans as it threatens to further hamper economic activities in the nation.
Trial of accused in Sri Lankan man's lynching to be held in jail
Dec 12, 2021, at 02:03 am
Sialkot (Pakistan)/UNI: The Punjab government and the prosecution have decided to conduct the trial of the suspects arrested in the brutal lynching of Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara in jail.
Demonstrators protest across the globe demanding Pakistan to protect its minorities
Dec 12, 2021, at 01:42 am
Hague: Political activists demonstrated across the world on International Human Rights Day to put pressure on Pakistan to protect its minorities
Pakistan: People protest in Gwadar in demand for their rights
Dec 12, 2021, at 01:35 am
Gwadar: With chants of “Gwadar Ko Haq Do”, tens of thousands of people, including women and children, marched on the main roads of the Pakistani port city of Gwadar in support of their rights.
Pakistan FO fails to give compelling reason for declining US invite for Democracy Summit
Dec 12, 2021, at 01:32 am
Islamabad: The Pakistan Foreign Office avoided responding to questions seeking an explanation for Islamabad's decision to decline US President Joe Biden’s invitation to attend the Summit of Democracy, and reiterated its earlier statement saying “it was a considered decision”.
Two people killed in attack on car in Afghanistan: Source
Dec 11, 2021, at 11:47 pm
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: Two people, including a 12-year-old child, have been killed in an armed attack on their car in Afghanistan, a police source in the southern province of Kandahar told Sputnik on Saturday.
ISIS takes credit for 2 explosions in Kabul: Reports
Dec 11, 2021, at 11:42 pm
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: The Islamic State terrorist organisation has claimed responsibility for the two recent explosions in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul, Afghan broadcaster Shamshad News reported on Saturday.
Pakistan: Unknown gunmen attack cop assigned to protect polio vaccination team
Dec 11, 2021, at 11:33 pm
Tank: Unknown gunmen attacked a policeman who was assigned to protect a polio vaccination team in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Tank, media reports said on Saturday.
India sends humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan
Dec 11, 2021, at 10:59 pm
New Delhi: A special flight from Kabul to New Delhi, chartered by the Government of India, arrived at the IGI airport at New Delhi on Dec 10, officials said on Saturday.
Afghanistan: Twin explosions rock Kabul, two die
Dec 11, 2021, at 02:38 pm
Kabul: At least two people died as twin blasts rocked Afghanistan's Kabul city on Friday, media reports said on Saturday.
Forced labour in China: US House of Representatives passes bill to ban imports from Xinjiang
Dec 11, 2021, at 03:50 am
Washington: The US House of Representatives on Wednesday approved forced labour legislation that would ban the importation of goods sourced in China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, media reports said on Friday.
Pakistan Rangers thrash photojournalist
Dec 11, 2021, at 03:18 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistani Rangers personnel badly beat up a Pak journalist while he was covering MQM’s Shuhada Day gathering near Nine-Zero.
Pakistan: Baloch leader Mir Yousuf Masti held for making ‘anti-state’ speech
Dec 11, 2021, at 03:05 am
Gwadar, Pakistan/IBNS: The Pakistan Police have arrested veteran Baloch leader Mir Yousuf Masti Khan on the charge of making a “provocative and anti-state” speech at a protest sit-in staged by the people of Gwadar.
Dec 11, 2021, at 02:56 am
Gilgit, Pakistan/IBNS: People in Pakistan's Gilgit region blocked roads on Thursday to demonstrate against the supply of substandard wheat and reduction of subsidised wheat quota for Gilgit-Baltistan.
Pakistan: Islamabad witnesses protest over enforced disappearance in Balochistan
Dec 11, 2021, at 01:03 am
Islamabad/IBNS: A large number of people demonstrated in Pakistan's capital Islamabad to protest against enforced disappearances in Balochistan.