Student activists in PoK released after torture, arbitrary detention

Jun 23, 2023

A majority of them including Ali Shamraiz, Raja Noman Asif, Raja Etsham, Irfan Ahmed and Faisal Aurangzaib were members of the student wing of...

Imran Khan's prosecution in Toshakhana, cipher cases 'without legal basis, politically motivated': UN Report

Jul 01, 2024

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention stressed that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan's detention and prosecution in the first Toshakhana...

UN human rights agency condemns arbitrary detention of Tigray people

Nov 16, 2021

Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], November 16 (ANI/Sputnik): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights spokeswoman, Liz Throssell, condemned on Tuesday the continued extra-judicial detentions of people...

China slams 'despicable' Canada for launching declaration against arbitrary detention

Feb 16, 2021

Ottawa [Canada], February 16 : Beijing has hit out at "hypocritical and despicable" Canada for leading a coalition of 58 countries in a non-binding...

UN calls for end to migrants' arbitrary detention in Libya

Mar 29, 2021

Tripoli [Libya], March 29 : The regional office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Monday called for an end to the arbitrary...

Free media in Afghanistan is 'under attack': UN Special Rapporteur

Apr 30, 2022

.Kabul [Afghanistan], April 30 : UN Deputy special envoy for Afghanistan criticized the arbitrary detention of journalists and media workers and said that free...