The 17th Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy was held at the Centre International de Conferences Geneve (CICG) in Geneva on February 18. This summit served as a crucial platform for highlighting human rights violations, challenging authoritarian regimes, and fostering democratic changes.
Speaking at the sidelines of the Summit,...
Members of the Hong Kong and Uyghur communities in Ireland have urged the government to bring up the issue of transnational persecution during their scheduled meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Dublin.
According to a report by The Irish Times, Wang, who is also a member of the...
The Afghanistan embassy in Pakistan warned that the government wants to remove all Afghan refugees from the capital, Islamabad, and the adjoining city of Rawalpindi
The embassy issued a strongly worded statement, saying Afghan nationals in both cities have been subjected to arrests, searches and orders from the police to...
India has denounced Pakistan as “a global epicentre of terrorism” and called it an irony that Islamabad claims to be at the forefront of fighting terror. Speaking at the United Nations Security Council yesterday, India’s Permanent Representative Parvathaneni Harish said, Pakistan is a global epicentre of terrorism, harbouring more...
Tibetan sociologist Gyal Lo remembers receiving a phone call in 2016 about what he describes as “a serious matter.” It was his brother, calling with concerns about his grandchildren, who “had become strangely different.”
The children had “forgotten the Tibetan they knew and could no longer speak it properly,” says...
Taiwan recorded 36 sorties of People's Liberation Army aircraft and seven naval vessels operating near its territory till 6 am (local time) on Wednesday, according to Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND).
As per the Taiwan Defence Ministry, 33 out of 36 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's...
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shaukat Yousafzai has announced that the party will launch a major anti-government movement after Eid, amid rising tensions between ruling coalition partners Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
Addressing the ongoing political turmoil, Yousafzai claimed that internal discord between PPP and PML-N signals...
Uyghurs and Hong Kongers living in Ireland issued an open letter to the Irish government on Monday, urging them to adopt a human-rights-based approach during their discussions with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
Irish journalist Finbarr Bermingham shared the letter on social media platform X. The letter highlighted concerns about...
Top officials of the National Electric and Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) have significantly increased their remunerations, without mandatory approval by the federal cabinet
The increase has come at a time when the power sector is facing massive technical, commercial and distribution losses.
The chairperson and members of all the regulatory bodies...
Taiwan has reported heightened Chinese military activity with 41 aircraft, 9 PLAN vessels and 1 official ship recorded operating around the island on Monday as per the Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence (MND).
In a post on X, the MND noted that these were detected up until 6 AM (UTC+8).
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