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Chinese authorities arrest another activist for questioning 'zero COVID' p
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 6 (ANI): Chinese authorities recently arrested another activist for speaking out against abuses committed by health and police authorities as the country continues adhering to its "zero-COVID" protocols despite criticism from global health experts.
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Social media exposes China's blatant human rights violations in Shanghai a
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 5 (ANI): Shanghai residents, at the hands of China's Zero-Covid policy, are being subjected to unprecedented neglect, mistreatment, and abuse, with leaked videos on social media confirming blatant human rights violations.
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Free media in Afghanistan is 'under attack': UN Special Rapporteur
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
.Kabul [Afghanistan], April 30 (ANI): UN Deputy special envoy for Afghanistan criticized the arbitrary detention of journalists and media workers and said that free media in the country is under attack.
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US-based Human Rights Commission expresses concerns over escalating attack
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 30 (ANI): Expressing concerns over escalating attacks on minorities in Bangladesh, International Commission for Human Rights and Religious Freedom (ICHRRF) in its latest report highlights the historical context of violence on the life and property of Bangladesh's Hi
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Congressman Sherman urges Blinken to persuade US broadcaster to reach out
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 29 (ANI): Congressman Brad Sherman urged US State Secretary Antony Blinken to direct the US radio broadcaster to start a Sindhi language programming to reach out to the members of the Sindhi community, a minority in Pakistan.
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Activists keep focus on Xinjiang access as UN rights chief preps for China
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], April 29 (ANI): The planned visit to China by the United Nations high commissioner for human rights should meet minimum standards to be considered credible, several rights groups have said.
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China asks Sweden to respect 'religious beliefs' of Muslims despite being
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 29 (ANI): China, which is listed among the worst human rights abusers in the world by the Human Rights Watch, has asked Sweden to respect the "religious beliefs" of Muslims and other minority groups, protect their lawful rights and interest, said a media report.
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SC to hear plea of former IT minister Arun Shourie challenging constitutio
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday posted for hearing on May 5 a plea filed by former Union minister Arun Shourie seeking direction to declare the sedition law unconstitutional arguing that it is "heavily abused".
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UK-based media outlet calls on EU to suspend Pak's favoured trading status
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], April 27 (ANI): On the grounds of continued human rights abuses in Pakistan, a London-based media outlet is set to host a program calling out for suspension of Pakistan's favoured GSP+ trading status with the European Commission which was approved by the EU parliament in April 2
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UK CCTV monitor grills govt to clarify position on Hikvision engaged in Xi
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], April 26 (ANI): The monitor overseeing the British government's use of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras has asked the UK government to clarify its positions on buying surveillance cameras from controversial tech company Hikvision implicated for its involvement with the C
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Uyghur academic sentenced to 13 years imprisonment in China's Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 24 (ANI): A Uyghur lecturer has been sentenced to 13 years in prison in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region [XUAR], said a media report citing a security officer at the university where he worked.
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Taliban commander who tortured Afghans killed by Afghanistan resistance gr
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 23 (ANI): A Taliban commander, Qari Nusratullah who had been torturing people in various provinces of Afghanistan for several months has been killed in a targeted operation of the anti-Taliban group, National Liberation Front, local media reported.
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