Bhubaneswar, June 2 (IANS) The Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Tuesday constituted a fact-finding team to inquire into the tragic death of a 32-year-old physically disabled person due to alleged custodial torture at the Kabisuryanagar police station in Odisha’s Ganjam district.As per a press statement issued by the party, the team will visit the native place of the victim and meet his family members and others to ascertain the facts related to the unfortunate development.“With the approval…
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Dhaka, June 1 (IANS) As mob violence continues unabated across Bangladesh, at least 32 people were killed in separate incidents in May, while 53 unidentified bodies were recovered from various parts of the country, local media reported, citing a leading human rights organisation.Dhaka-based Manabadhikar Shongskriti Foundation (MSF) released the findings on Sunday, raising serious concerns over public safety, the rule of law and the dire human rights situation in the country.As per the findings, …
Islamabad, May 27 (IANS) A leading international human rights organisation on Wednesday expressed grave concern over an alarming pattern of enforced disappearance of Pashtun human rights activists in Pakistan amid a wider crackdown by the state authorities.According to Amnesty International, Fareedullah Afridi, a member of the civil rights movement Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), was abducted on the evening of May 18 from Peshawar city in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.Condemning the inc…
Paris, May 27 (IANS) A leading international human rights organisation strongly condemned the custodial death of a senior lawyer in Bangladesh, stating that such recurring incidents raise grave concerns over state accountability and human rights violations. The statement came after the former Satkhira Judge Court Public Prosecutor Abdul Latif reportedly died on May 25 after suffering a stroke while in jail custody, as confirmed by the prison authorities.Reports suggest that Latif, who was previo…
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that around 60 students fell ill after consuming a mid-day meal at a government-run school in Bihar’s Nalanda district. Observing that the contents of the news report, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of human rights of the students, the apex human rights body has issued a notice to the Nalanda District Magistrate, seeking a detailed report within two weeks.According …
Quetta, May 26 (IANS) Another five civilians were forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, a leading human rights organisation said on Tuesday.Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that 19-year-old Haji Muhammad Karim was taken during a late-night raid on his residence in the Killi Ismail area in the provincial capital Quetta in the early hours of May 22 by personnel of Pakistan’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD).Expressing grave concern ove…
London, May 26 (IANS) A leading international human rights organisation on Tuesday strongly condemned the desecration of the Ahmadiyya place of worship by local authorities and the assault on an Ahmadi individual in Pakistan’s Sindh province, warning that the targeting of Ahmadiyya worship sites under extremist pressure reflects deepening intolerance in the country.Expressing grave concern, the UK-based International Human Rights Committee (IHRC) states that the incident is part of a continuing …
Paris, May 25 (IANS) A leading international human rights organisation on Monday strongly condemned the alarming and systematic wave of violence against religious and ethnic minorities, including indigenous communities, in Bangladesh between January and April.Justice Makers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) cited reports by the Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities (HRCBM), which documented a total of 505 incidents across 62 districts spanning all 8 divisions of the country –exposing a deep…
Rome, May 23 (IANS) Pakistan’s education crisis exposes a deep governance failure, where official claims of combating extremism are undermined by allowing school materials and public narratives that reinforce the ideology sustaining it. For years, the education system in the country has remained a major concern among human rights advocates, minority representatives and education reformers, a report had detailed.Europe’s stance on human rights appears inconsistent when it overlooks the ideolo…
Lisbon, May 23 (IANS) Pakistan’s government and media have attempted to project the country as a link between the Muslim world and the West, alongside renewed aspirations to position itself as a leading voice of the global Muslim community. Yet serious doubts remain about how far a state marked by economic underdevelopment, governance challenges, and strained public welfare systems can effectively claim such leadership.“Pakistan is at one of its toughest economic crisis in recent years. The co…