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Hundreds from Tibetan, Uyghur, Hong Kong communities protest in France aga
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Paris [France], June 24 (ANI): Hundreds of people from the Tibetan, Mongolian, Uyghur, Vietnamese, Hong Kong and Taiwanese communities staged a protest at the Bastille square in Paris on Wednesday, demanding the boycott of the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing over human rights violat
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Greater risk of poor COVID outcomes in minority ethnic groups in England:
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Cambridge [England], May 1 (ANI): Minority ethnic groups had a higher risk of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 and of COVID-19-related hospitalisations, intensive care (ICU) admissions and death compared with white groups in England, according to an observational study published in The Lancet
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Study sheds light on inequities in COVID-19 mortality across racial groups
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Cambridge (Massachusetts) [US], April 6 (ANI): Black women are dying at significantly higher rates than white men, and that disparity in mortality rates among women of all races are greater than those between white women and white men. These are the findings of a new study led by Harvard Uni
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New analysis claims deprivation 'driving' COVID-19 ethnic disparities
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Leicester [England], April 3 (ANI): Deprivation among society at large is 'driving' COVID-19 disparities among minority ethnic groups - predominantly South Asian and Black African or Caribbean populations - and could be considered the main cause of disproportionate infection rates, hospitali
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Study reveals increased rates of organ damage after discharge from hospita
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Leicester [England], April 1 (ANI): People discharged from hospital after covid-19 appear to have increased rates of organ damage ("multiorgan dysfunction") compared with similar individuals in the general population, finds a study.
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Sindh, Baloch and Pashtuns protest against Pak Army atrocities outside UNH
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Feb 26 (ANI): Activists and supporters of the Sindhi, Baloch and Pashtun ethnic groups on Tuesday held a protest, condemning Pakistan's atrocities against minorities and crimes against humanity, outside the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) headquarters in
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Modi govt's Bodo Accord is just cosmetic arrangement, says former Assam CM
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Feb 9 (ANI): Days after the central government signed the Bodo Peace Accord with various ethnic groups active in Assam, former chief minister Tarun Gogoi dismissed the accord as "cosmetic".
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VoK points out Pak 'hypocrisy' over Kashmir issue
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], Oct 27 (ANI): Highlighting Pakistan's hypocrisy, Voice of Karachi (VoK) Chairman Nadeem Nusrat has asked Pakistan to address the discrimination faced by religious minorities and non-Punjabi ethnic groups instead of crying foul over the Kashmir issue.
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MQM leader questions Imran Khan's silence on oppression of Mohajirs, Baloc
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], Oct 25 (ANI): Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founder Altaf Hussain wrote an open letter to the Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan questioning his silence on the oppression of Mohajirs, Balochs, Pashtuns and other non-Punjabi ethnic groups by the Pakistani military.
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Irregular heartbeat more common in American Indians: Study
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 21 (ANI): From a number of other racial and ethnic groups, American Indians were found to have an irregular heartbeat or atrial fibrillation (AFib) more often.
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Ethnic groups, minorities facing human rights violations in Pakistan: Alta
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], Oct 24 (ANI): Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) founder and leader Altaf Hussain said that it's now widely known that all forms of terrorism and religious extremism are born in Pakistan. He stated that all ethnic linguistic groups and religious minorities, for decades, have been fa
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Mohajirs demand redrawing of geographical boundaries within Pak
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Mar. 23 (ANI): Mohajirs-- Muslims who migrated to Pakistan from India during post-partition period-- demand redrawing of geographical boundaries in Pakistan in line with the true spirit of the 1940 Lahore Resolution and according to the aspirations of the country's
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