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Discrimination against Pashtuns may jeopardise Pakistan's unity and divers
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 31 (ANI): Pakistan army's approach to combating insurgency in the Pashtun tribal belt by using draconian laws, such as the notorious Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) may jeopardise its unity and diversity.
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Rights group call for urgent debate on women's rights crisis in Afghanista
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 1 (ANI): The world's worst women's rights crisis demands an urgent and proportionate response from the UN Human Rights Council, urged a coalition of 25 leading NGOs from all world regions on Wednesday.
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Shanghai lockdown lifted, but trauma lives on
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 1 (ANI): Shanghai on Wednesday lifted its city-wide lockdown, however, the trauma of the lockdown of the past two months lives on.
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China's draconian lockdown measures mobilising popular discontent
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], May 13 (ANI): China's draconian lockdown measures, including the strictly implemented zero-COVID strategy, are increasingly mobilising people against the government, with experts suggesting that the recent excesses might lead to a more permanent alienation of the masses.
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China's export growth falls sharply as draconian COVID curbs show effect
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], May 9 (ANI): China's export growth witnessed a sharp fall to 3.9 per cent in the month of April, as the draconian COVID-19 curbs that the country imposed in late March in the economic hub of Shanghai, and other cities start to show their effect on the economy.
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Pak investigation agency probes journalist Sami Abraham under PECA law
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Saturday launched a probe against a senior journalist Sami Abraham under draconian Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA).
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China replicating Xinjiang surveillance model in Shanghai
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Shanghai [China], May 7 (ANI): In the garb of tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is using the Shanghai lockdown to implement the most draconian of its surveillance and authoritarian systems, the kinds of which were only seen in far-off provinces like Xinjiang t
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Hong Kong plummets in Press Freedom rankings as China tightens control
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Hong Kong, May 5 (ANI): Amid a slew of draconian laws introduced by the Chinese in Hong Kong, an annual report on press freedoms across the globe published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) indicates that Hong Kong, once a bastion for free press, has plummeted in the rankings.
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China reports 1,566 new local COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], April 24 (ANI): The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 1,566 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which 1,401 were in Shanghai, according to the National Health Commission's report Sunday.
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Shanghai's stringent COVID lockdown puts megacity out of food
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], April 12 (ANI): As Shanghai's COVID-19 lockdown leaves residents struggling to access essentials, residents of the mega Chinese city are almost out of food and they are reeling under an acute food crisis.
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China's Shanghai seeks medical care amidst worst COVID-19 outbreak
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], April 8 (ANI): China's financial hub, Shanghai, has been facing the worst COVID-19 outbreak and has been desperately seeking medical care and basic supplies like food.
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China attempts to hide death of Tulku Dawa in Lhasa
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], April 8 (ANI): China attempted to hide the death of 86-year-old lama Tulku Dawa who had been targeted by Beijing for connections with Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday.
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