More than 172,000 Pakistanis left their homeland in the first quarter of 2025 to seek job opportunities abroad, with nearly 100,000 individuals categorised as general labourers, according to official data.
The Bureau of Immigration and Overseas Employment (BI&OE) updated on its website the details of Pakistanis who went out of...
A Japanese lawmaker of Uyghur descent has called on Tokyo to take a stronger stand against China’s human rights abuses against the 12 million mostly Muslim ethnic group living in northwestern China.
“Egregious human rights violations occurring in the Uyghur region is one of the greatest, and certainly a generation-defining,...
A Chinese naval formation led by the Liaoning aircraft carrier sailed through waters northeast of Taiwan on Wednesday and continued towards the southeast of Japan’s Yonaguni Island, Taipei’s government said.
“During this period, the armed forces have monitored the situation and responded accordingly,” Taiwan’s defence ministry said in a statement.
The...
Representative Thinlay Chukki of the Tibet Bureau Geneva attended a side event on the situation of persecuted communities in China, which was organised by the Society for Threatened Peoples as part of the ongoing 58th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
According to a report by the Central...
Members of the Indian diaspora gathered outside the Pakistan Consulate and at Times Square here to protest against the Pahalgam terror attacks.
The protestors waved the Indian tricolour and held banners that read ‘Declare Islamic Republic of Pakistan a Terrorist State – Pahalgam Hindu massacre’.
They also held a long banner...
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has announced the upcoming Third East Turkistan/Uyghur Summit, along with the Uyghur Youth Summit, scheduled to occur from May 23 to May 25, in Munich, Germany
These summits will assemble Uyghur leaders, human rights advocates, community representatives, business experts, youth activists, scholars, and politicians from...
Six Australian universities have quietly closed Chinese government-linked Confucius Institutes (CI) on their campuses.
The Australian government has ramped up scrutiny on the education centres in recent years over concerns that Beijing is using them to spread propaganda and spy on Chinese international students.
China says its Confucius Institutes, which offer...
A US$10-billion oil project in Uganda being developed by France’s TotalEnergies and CNOOC of China has been linked to human rights violations, with rights groups accusing the local authorities of repression and forced evictions, and citing sexual violence and environmental damage in connection with the project.
The project forms a...
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested three suspects, including a Chinese national, at Islamabad International Airport for attempting to smuggle a Pakistani girl to China under the pretext of marriage.
According to authorities, the suspects were trying to deceive the girl by offering her a job in China, which...
At first glance, Noah R. Smith might seem like your typical social media user. His bio says he’s a father, a former “Track and Field representative,” and a current member of the PanAm Sports organization.
On July 14, a day after the first assassination attempt on Republican presidential candidate Donald...
