Tehran – Anti-government protests are continuing in several Iranian cities despite a nationwide internet blackout that has also affected international phone communications. According to the Norway-based organization Iran Human Rights, at least 45 people have been killed since the demonstrations began on December 28, sparked by Iran’s economic crisis, which […]
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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was being held in custody in New York on Saturday, hours after U.S. special forces reportedly seized him during an operation inside Venezuela and flew him out of the country, according to media reports. The operation followed a pre-dawn assault in which U.S. commandos allegedly detained […]
CARACAS: U.S. President Donald Trump has claimed that the United States has carried out military action against Venezuela. According to the Venezuelan government, the attacks targeted multiple areas, including the capital Caracas as well as the states of Miranda, Aragua and La Guaira. In an official statement, Venezuelan authorities said […]
Brussels: Sarang Sindhi, Representative of the Voice for Missing Persons of Sindh (VMPS), Europe Chapter, visited the European Parliament in Brussels and formally engaged with the office of the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI), where he submitted a detailed memorandum on the issue of enforced disappearances in Sindh. The memorandum […]
Islamabad: Diplomatic tensions have surfaced between Pakistan and Norway after Pakistan formally protested the presence of the Norwegian ambassador during a hearing at the Supreme Court of Pakistan in the Iman Zainab Mazari case. According to officials, Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Norwegian ambassador and handed over a […]
Oman: A Baloch lawyer from Balochistan has been subjected to enforced disappearance following his deportation from Oman, raising serious concerns among his family members. According to reports, Advocate Hassan Hasrat, a resident of Dashti Bazaar, Turbat, was deported from Muscat, the capital of Oman, for undisclosed reasons and subsequently transferred […]
Amnesty International has strongly condemned the charges filed against human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chatta under Pakistan’s Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), describing the case as a misuse of vague laws to suppress dissent. In a statement posted on X, the global human rights organization termed […]
LONDON: In a significant development in Westminster, Labour MP John McDonnell has formally raised the situation in Balochistan in the House of Commons. His focus included the abductions of Baloch women, among them Nasreen Baloch and Mahjabeen Baloch, and the use of drones in internal security operations. McDonnell has submitted […]
Berlin: Speaking at a seminar organized by the Baloch National Movement (BNM) on Baloch Martyrs’ Day, Tamil political activist Nivethan Nanthakumar said that despite long wars, atrocities and geographical distance, the global Tamil community remains resolute in defending its identity and pursuing its struggle for justice. Paying tribute to the […]
Berlin: Addressing a seminar organized by the Baloch National Movement (BNM) on Baloch Martyrs’ Day 2025, Dr. Lakhu Luhana, General Secretary of the World Sindhi Congress (WSC), warned that the Punjabi state aims to erase the identities of Sindhi and Baloch nations, divide them, and seize their resources, with the […]
