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Denying Afghan girls from education is national treason: Kabul's Envoy to
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 19 (ANI): As the closure of schools for girls in Afghanistan completed one year on Sunday, the Charge d'Affaires of Kabul's Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Naseer Ahmad Faiq said denying the girls their basic rights to education is "national treason
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London-based activist decries atrocities in PoK, slams Pak security agenci
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Dublin [Ireland], August 14 (ANI): London-based rights activist Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri once again raised his voice against the Pakistan security agencies which continue to commit rights abuses in the region and deprive the local people of basic rights.
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China denies treatment for non-Covid illnesses: HRW
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], April 7 (ANI): The Chinese government should respect the right to health and other basic rights in its response to the COVID-19 surge in the country, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday.
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Feudal classes in Pakistan usurping benefits of GSP+ meant for weaker sect
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 4 (ANI): Pakistan's performance under the Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) scheme of the European Union (EU), aimed at the socio-economic upliftment of developing countries, has ended up a tool in the hands of exploitative classes as the weaker sectio
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Former minister appeal Afghans to return to Afghanistan; ask Taliban to en
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 21 (ANI): Former parliamentary affairs minister Farooq Wardak of Afghanistan on Sunday appealed Afghans, who have fled Afghanistan after the Taliban seized power, to return to the country and asked the Islamic Emirate to ensure civil and human rights of all citizen
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Rights group holds public rally in Kabul urging for women's rights
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 14 (ANI): An Afghanistan rights group recently organised a public rally in Kabul to demand women's basic rights in Afghanistan.
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China undermining women's basic rights to bolster declining fertility rate
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], February 28 (ANI): Amid a declining fertility rate, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is adopting and implementing policies that undermine women's most basic rights like bodily autonomy, a media report said on Sunday.
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China bans gay dating app Grindr, encroaching LGBT rights: Thinktank
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], February 23 (ANI): China has removed one of the most popular gay dating apps, Grindr from several of its app stores further encroaching upon the basic rights of the LGBT community, reported a Canada-based thinktank, International Forum for Rights and Security (IFFRAS).
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Afghan women despair over closed public universities, lack of employment o
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 14 (ANI): As women in Afghanistan continue to wait for the Taliban regime to provide them with basic rights to study and work, a number of female students in eastern Nangarhar province voiced mounting despair about the lack of access to public universities and la
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Rights of Afghan women, girls 'under attack', says UN
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 13 (ANI): The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has raised concerns over the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan, stating that "Afghan women are deprived of basic rights."
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Afghanistan: Women hold protest in Kabul, demand basic rights
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 16 (ANI): Women on Thursday gathered in large numbers in Kabul to demonstrate against the ongoing economic crisis in the country and for their basic rights, including political participation, local media reported.
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Gwadar protests represents new chapter in Pakistan: Opposition leader Sheh
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 15 (ANI): Pakistan's Opposition Leader in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday said the ongoing protests in the port city of Gwadar in Balochistan province are a "watershed event" in the struggle for basic rights in the country.
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