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"Return to abusive practices of 1990s": US slams Afghan public execution
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Speaking during the US State Department press briefing on Wednesday, spokesperson Ned Price said, "This indicates to us that the Taliban seek to - seek a return to their regressive and abusive practices of the 1990s."
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China spends huge amount to spread propaganda against Uyghurs: Report
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Chinese ruling party is spending as much as USD 620,000 to create propaganda and counter global efforts to expose human rights abuses against the Uyghur people.
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Tibetan leader Sangay highlights China's rights abuses during launch of Ja
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Former Sikyong or political leader of the Central Tibetan Administration Lobsang Sangay highlighted China's human rights abuses in Tibet, East Turkestan, and Southern Mongolia at the official launch of Japan's new parliamentary group in Tokyo, an official statement of the Asia Society said o
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Japanese PM's special aide meets Uyghur delegation
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Nobuo is a former Defense Minister of Japan and the brother of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated earlier this year.
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US places China, Pakistan on list of religious freedom violators
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Noting that governments and non-state actors harass and kill individuals on account of their beliefs, Blinken said the United States will not stand by in the face of these abuses.
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Karnataka: Driver sexually abuses schoolgirls in Chikkamagaluru; arrested
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A First Information Report was lodged against the driver Rajappa, 50, who has been accused of harassing the girls by showing his private parts and touching them inappropriately.
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Canadian pension plans investing in firms complicit in Xinjiang abuses
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Multiple Canadian pension plans have invested in firms complicit in Xinjiang abuses, alleges a report by UK-based human rights organization Hong Kong Watch and expert in forced labour, Prof Laura Murphy at Sheffield Hallam University.
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Pak activists raise concern over custodial torture in blasphemy cases
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Joseph Jansen, chairperson of the rights group "Voice for Justice" said that the existing blasphemy laws did not guarantee a fair trial and religious freedom, and the accuser enjoyed impunity despite presenting false evidence and false testimony, the Dawn newspaper reported.
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Xinjiang Police investigating 3 men for 'malicious' anti-lockdown comments
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Xinjiang police are investigating three men for 'malicious' anti-lockdown comments, critical of COVID-19 restrictions in the regional capital, Urumqi on the live stream.
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Biden's Senate win gives him "stronger" hands with Xi
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
US President Joe Biden on Sunday said that he is "coming in stronger" to his first in-person meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Monday after US voters returned control of the Senate to his party with the re-election of Nevada's Catherine Cortez Masto.
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United Nations criticises China's human rights abuses in Xinjiang
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The presentation, "The situation of Uyghur and other Turkic Muslim minorities in Xinjiang," comes after the report issued by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
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50 UN member states condemn Xinjiang rights abuses in China
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The UN members state that the release of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) assessment of human rights concerns in Xinjiang corroborates these concerns in an impartial and objective manner.
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