Human Rights

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  Human Rights

  2020-10-28

  US senators declare China's campaign against Muslims in Xinjiang 'genocide'

  Beijing for years has undertaken a systematic campaign to root out Islamic culture, destroy mosques, indoctrinate Muslims with Communist propaganda and forcibly sterilise women.

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  Human Rights

  2020-10-05

  UN honours Swat teen for work on protecting girls' rights

  The 18-year-old is seeking to end the practice of early and forced marriages in Pakistan's tribal regions.

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  Human Rights

  2020-10-02

  Protests grow over rights abuses of Pakistani workers in China-backed projects

  Chinese companies working on Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects are exploiting Pakistani labourers by violating terms of deals and ignoring the most basic safety protocols.

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  Human Rights

  2020-08-31

  Ex-prisoners detail horrors of China's indoctrination camps

  Interviews with more than two dozen former detainees of China's 're-education' camps have offered deep insight into the abuse and humiliation that more than a million Muslims have suffered.

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  Human Rights

  2020-08-18

  Pakistani religious leaders step up criticism of Beijing's abuse of Uighurs

  Islamic scholars are using Friday prayers to condemn the 'horrific and systematic abuses' that have placed more than a million Muslims in indoctrination camps over the past few years.

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  Human Rights

  2020-07-29

  KP 'ambassador' initiative encourages local governance in tribal areas

  The awareness drive will focus on how the rule of law should work in the absence of militants.

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  Human Rights

  2020-07-01

  Tehran's virus missteps stir worries over health of Pakistani inmates in Iran

  Pakistani authorities have boosted their efforts to convince the Iranian government to repatriate prisoners.

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  Human Rights

  2020-03-09

  Pakistani women defy violence to celebrate International Women's Day

  Islamist counter-protesters hurled sticks and stones at the women's rights demonstrators.

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  Human Rights

  2020-01-13

  'Death to the dictator': angry protesters in Iran demand end to the regime

  Videos posted on social media showed thousands of demonstrators calling for the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and top military leaders to step down.

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  Human Rights

  2019-12-24

  Thousands of Iranians face torture, execution in post-protest crackdown

  At least 7,000 people have reportedly been arrested in Iran, and interviews and evidence show that many face dire circumstances.