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Geneva, April 3 (IANS) Several United Nations human rights experts have expressed serious concern over the deteriorating and life-threatening health condition of Pakistani human rights defender Idris Khattak, urging the Pakistan government to immediately release him from his “unjust detention”, highlighting the urgent need for medical care and protection of his fundamental rights.“Pakistan must stop disregarding and must abide by their international human rights obligations and immediately…

Geneva, March 31 (IANS) Pakistan came under international scrutiny over not only domestic rights abuses but also a widening pattern of targeting critics abroad during the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, a report said on Tuesday.According to a report in European Times, on March 27, activists and observers gathered for discussions that drew connections between internal repression and what they described as its external projection across Pakistan.The argument was …