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H&M faces backlash in China for refusing to purchase cotton from Xinji
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Beijing [China], March 25 (ANI): Swedish multinational clothing retailer H&M is facing a backlash within China for refusing to purchase cotton producing in Xinjiang, where the Communist government is carrying out atrocities on Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities; termed as "genocide" by
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SC issues notice to Union of India on plea seeking compensation for man wr
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New Delhi [India], March 23 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Union of India (UOI), after hearing petitions seeking compensation to Vishnu Tiwari who was wrongfully convicted to life imprisonment over rape allegations and Provisions of Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe
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China using pressure tactics on family members to intimidate Uyghur scribe
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Washington [US], March 19 (ANI): Chinese has been pressurising family members to intimidate journalists reporting about the atrocities against over a million Uyghurs in Xinjiang, as recently shown by the detainment of two brothers of a Radio Free Asia (RFA) journalist who has been missing si
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PIL filed by BJP's Kapil Mishra in SC seeking compensation for man wrongfu
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New Delhi [India], March 13 (ANI): A PIL has been filed on Saturday in the Supreme Court by former minister and BJP leader, Kapil Mishra, seeking compensation for Vishnu Tiwari who was wrongfully convicted for life imprisonment under the allegations of rape and Provisions of Schedule Caste a
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Uyghurs write to UK Parliament against Chinese human rights atrocities
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Washington [US], March 13 (ANI): Campaign For Uyghurs (CFU), a US-based rights group on Friday (local time) wrote a letter to the United Kingdom (UK) Parliament calling attention to the most horrific human rights atrocities committed by China against the Uyghur people.
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Over 1500 Tibetans protest in Paris against decades of Chinese atrocities
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Paris [France], March 10 (ANI): Over 1,500 Tibetans and Free Tibet supporters came out on the streets of Trocadero square near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Wednesday against decades of Chinese atrocities in Tibet as they marked the 62nd anniversary of an uprising against the Chinese rule.
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A day to remember contribution of Indian women including Former PM Indira
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New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma on the occasion of International Women's Day remembered former Prime minister of India Indira Gandhi and said let us pledge to bring transformative change in social attitudes and end prejudice, discrimination, atrocities a
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Tibet National Uprising Day: Rally held in Taiwan urging for stronger publ
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Taipei [Taiwan], March 8 (ANI): Hundreds of people, including dozens of Tibetans, came out on the streets of Taipei on Sunday demanding stronger public advocacy against decades of Chinese atrocities in Tibet, as they marked the 62nd anniversary of an uprising against the Chinese rule.
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Pakistan's fight for gender equality amid COVID-19
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Islamabad [Pakistan], March 7 (ANI): As crimes against women in Pakistan continues to mount, women across the country -- like every International Womens' Day -- would be staging an 'Aurat March' demonstrating against the atrocities that women face, but this time in a more curtailed setting d
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Activists call for solidarity against Beijing's atrocities on Uyghur women
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Washington [US], March 7 (ANI): On the occasion of International Womens' Day, female activists around the world called on international women's institutions as well as feminist allies from across the world to speak out against Beijing's repression of the Uyghur women.
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China ran disinformation propaganda campaign against media outlet exposing
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Canberra [Australia], March 5 (ANI): The Chinese government has an international campaign to undermine a British media outlet covering the atrocities faced by Uyghurs and discredit its reporting during the first two months of the year, using western social media networks, as per an Australia
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UN expert calls on UNSC to impose global arms embargo, economic sanctions
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Geneva [Switzerland], March 5 (ANI): United Nations human rights investigator on Myanmar Thomas Andrews on Thursday (local time) urged the Security Council to impose a global arms embargo and economic sanctions on the military generals and move the atrocities to the International Criminal
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