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The video shows the man trying to cling on as the officer who had pushed him pries his hands off and he falls. The video ends with protestors chanting loudly and pelting stones at the security personnel who are running away. [2] The footage went viral on social media and drew considerable criticism from the public. [62]
The United Nations Human Rights Chief, Volker Türk said he was “alarmed” by reports of abuse of Afghan refugees in Pakistan amid an ongoing policy of mass deportation, according to a ...
On 4 July 2012, women's human rights activist Fareeda Kokikhel Afridi was killed in a drive-by shooting as she left her home in Peshawar for work in the Khyber Tribal Agency. Local civil society groups said she had been targeted for promoting the human rights of women. The authorities failed to bring the perpetrators to justice. [64]
In response to the call given by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif decided to pay homage to the country's martyrs on May 9. A ceremony was organized in Jinnah Convention Centre in honor of the martyrs. [87] [88] Human rights advocates say that political repression has increased in Pakistan since the riots.
Honour killings in Pakistan [1] are known locally as karo-kari (Urdu: کاروکاری). [2] According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, over 470 cases of honour killings were reported in Pakistan in 2021. But human rights defenders estimate that around 1,000 women are murdered in the name of honour every year.
The move to outlaw the PTM drew immediate backlash from human rights organizations including Amnesty International. [15] The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) condemned the ban, calling it an "extreme decision" and demanded its reversal. According to the HRCP, PTM has consistently advocated for its cause through non-violent and ...
Adams says that the problems were not "rampant" but they needed to be addressed, and that the severity of human rights issues in Indian-administered Kashmir were "much, much, much greater". [7] Pakistan's Information Minister Tariq Azim Khan rejected the contents of the report and said that Azad Kashmir was free of human rights violations.
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