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Experts raise human rights violations by China in Tibet, Xinjiang and Hong
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 17 (ANI): Experts and human rights activists have come down hard against Beijing for gross human rights violations in Tibet, Xinjiang and Hong Kong.
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Coimbatore: Social activists protest against illegal hoardings, banners
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], Sept 17 (ANI): Social activists on Monday staged a protest against the non-removal of illegal hoarding and banners across the state and within collectorate campus.
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PM Modi must raise issue of human rights violation in Pakistan at UNGA: Ac
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva, [Switzerland], Sept 17 (ANI): Political activists from Pakistan have requested Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to speak about the human rights violations in Sindh and other provinces during the upcoming UN General Assembly session.
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Booking a Hindu school teacher in false blasphemy case is politically moti
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 16 (ANI): Sindhi activists have said that the Hindu school principal who was booked in a false blasphemy case was "politically motivated" and this case is linked to "our overall systematic suppression and bullying of Hindu Sindhis in the region."
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Activists expose Pak over human rights violations in Sindh, Balochistan, P
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 16 (ANI): The Baloch, Sindhi, and Kashmiri activists have named and shamed Pakistan for violating human rights during the 42nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
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Geneva: Activists hold protest outside UN office against Pak Army-led atro
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 13 (ANI): Baloch and Sindhi activists on Friday gathered at Broken Chair in front of the United Nations office in Geneva to express their anger towards the atrocities committed by Pakistan Army in Balochistan.
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Switzerland: World Sindhi Congress urges UNHRC to suspend Pak membership u
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva, [Switzerland], Sept 13 (ANI): Condemning Pakistan for killings and enforced disappearances of the activists and minorities in Sindh, World Sindhi Congress on Thursday urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to suspend Islamabad membership until all the abducted people a
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There has never been democracy in Balochistan: BHRC vice chief Hamdam
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 12 (ANI): There has never been 'democracy' in Balochistan, claimed vice president of Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC) Hassan Hamdam on Thursday.
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Decriminalisation of Sec 377 a stepping stone, say LGBT activists
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 11 (ANI): A year since the Supreme Court overturned Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, the LGBT community, which gathered for a celebration here on Wednesday said as far as equal rights for the group was concerned, there still remains a long way to go.
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Kejriwal requests Centre to denotify Ravidas temple land
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 11 (ANI): Weeks after activists went on a rampage, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday requested the central government to denotify the forest land to facilitate the construction of Sant Ravidas Temple in Tughlaqabad area in south Delhi.
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CPEC adding to woes of Baloch people, say activists
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Balochistan], Sept 11 (ANI): Baloch political and human rights activists have blamed China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a multi-billion dollar project, for unemployment, insecurity and economic degradation in Balochistan.
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Geneva: Activist lambasts Pak for atrocities in Balochistan
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 11 (ANI): At a time when Pakistan is peddling its false narrative on the Kashmir issue, political activists from Balochistan have lambasted the country for the killings and enforced disappearances of the activists and minorities in the province.
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