Pakistan faces global scrutiny over domestic abuses, transnational repression at UNHRC: Report

March 31, 2026 2:30 PM

Pakistan faces global scrutiny over domestic abuses, transnational repression at UNHRC: Report

Pakistan came under international scrutiny over not only domestic rights abuses but also a widening pattern of targeting critics abroad during the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, a report said on Tuesday. According to a report in European Times, on March 27, activists and observers gathered for discussions that drew connections between internal repression and what they described as its external projection across Pakistan. The argument was clear -- noting that...

Baseless, unverified and dubious: India rejects UK parliamentary committee report on ‘transnational repression’

August 1, 2025 10:53 PM

Baseless, unverified and dubious: India rejects UK parliamentary committee report on ‘transnational repression’

India on Friday rejected the allegations made by the UK parliamentary committee, terming its report that claimed New Delhi's involvement in transnational repression as "baseless." The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that these claims stem from "unverified and dubious sources", predominantly connected to proscribed entities and individuals with a "clear, documented history of anti-India hostility." The Joint Committee on Human Rights in its report released on July 30 said that it has rec...