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Annual report of rights watchdog notes persistent concerns with freedom of expression, violence against women, freedom of religion and belief

Pakistan must ensure its writ on all its borders to end the practice of entry and exits without proper documentation

Having already secured bail, the detainees remained incarcerated due to paucity of funds to pay their surety bonds

Global rights body proposes establishing a system of universal social protection prior to phasing out subsidies for vulnerable consumers

Rights body calls on concerned governments, intergovernmental bodies to seek reform or repeal of laws that discriminate against religious minorities

Global rights watchdog stresses on need to uphold fair trial rights while trying people accused of violence during May 9 riots

In statement, watchdog says people detained for peaceful protest should be released while those who committed violence should be appropriately charged

Rights body warns that global lender’s conditionalities risk further impacting Pakistan’s inflation-stricken impoverished

PMLN claims it will requisition a joint session of Parliament to have the new laws struck down

In statement, global watchdog accuses bloc of dodging its responsibility to people at risk with hostile rhetoric and harmful policies

In press release, Information Ministry rebuts rights watchdog’s concerns over proposed legislation increasing government control over media

In statement, global rights watchdog says attacks targeting those who supported Afghan government in Kunduz are ‘ominous’ warning of future atrocities

Amnesty International, International Commission of Jurists, Human Rights Watch issue joint statement

In editorial, global watchdog’s Asia director says Pakistan uses arbitrary arrests and baseless criminal prosecutions as instruments of press censorship

In statement, global watchdog urges authorities to act in accordance with Supreme Court ruling against anti-graft body

Independent watchdog says Delhi must release political detainees; hold the right to free speech; restore full internet access

Annual report by rights watchdog slams growing crackdown on freedom of expression under PTI-led government

Protests erupt over passage of controversial legislation that allows citizenship to non-Muslims from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh

Rights group says paramilitary groups are executing civilians and have ‘disappeared’ suspects with no repercussions

Human Rights Watch says Tehran is struggling to pay for humanitarian imports, including life-saving medicines