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Afghanistan's Supreme Court announced on Friday the public execution of four men, marking the largest number of executions in a single day since the Taliban regained control of the country. These executions took place in sports stadiums across three different provinces. The total number of public executions since 2021 now stands at 10, per AFP. In a statement, Amnesty International condemned the executions. "The Taliban de facto authorities continue to flagrantly flout human rights principles with complete disregard for international human rights law. We oppose all executions as a violation of the...

Journalists across Pakistan are out on the streets protesting against The Prevention of Electronic Crimes (Amendment) Act (PECA) 2025 and petitions against it are piling up in courts. The draconian law first introduced in 2016 by the Pakistan Muslim...

Journalists across Pakistan are out on the streets protesting against The Prevention of Electronic Crimes (Amendment) Act (PECA) 2025 and petitions against it are...

Cholistan, a vast desert in Pakistan’s Punjab province, covers an area of 6.6 million acres and spans the districts of Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, and Rahim...

This report is part of Dissent Today’s special series documenting violence and alleged irregularities during Pakistan’s 2024 general elections.  Balochistan, which is Pakistan's largest province, is ironically its poorest. It remains a hotbed of violence and discontent. On the eve of Election Day on February 8, 2024, two bomb blasts...

بلوچ وائس فار جسٹس نے تربت میں بالاچ بلوچ سمیت چار نوجوانوں کو جعلی مقابلے میں ماورائے عدالت قتل کرنے سمیت حالیہ واقعات کے حوالے سے اقوام متحدہ کے خصوصی نمائندے، ایمنسٹی انٹرنیشنل اور یورپی پارلیمنٹ کو خطوط لکھ کر جعلی مقابلے جیسے انسانیت سوز واقعات کی تدارک کے...