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Parties convene Jirga to defend rights of pashtuns in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Bannu [Pakistan], March 12 (ANI): To protest for the rights of ethnic minority Pashtuns and to discuss the issues faced by them, many parties in Pakistan's Bannu city convened a jirga on Friday.
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Afghanistan: Members of Jogi minority demand basic necessities, rights
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 20 (ANI): The members of the Jogi ethnic minority group living in Kabul have complained of the dearth of basic living necessities amid deprivation of national identity, local media reported.
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China razes second Buddhist statue revered by Tibetans in Sichuan province
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 11 (ANI): China has destroyed the second Buddhist statue revered by Tibetans late last month in western China's Sichuan province as a part of the campaign by the Chinese dispensation to destroy religion and traditions of the ethnic minority, said a media report.
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US-based Muslim civil liberties organization urges Tesla to close showroo
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 5 (ANI): A major Muslim civil liberties organization in the United States has called on Tesla motors CEO Elon Musk to close a recently-opened showroom in China's Xinjiang region, saying no American corporation should be doing business in a region that is the focal po
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New diverse study reveals six stages of engagement in ADHD treatment
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 17 (ANI): Researchers at Boston Medical Center have reported six stages of engagement in treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) based on a diverse study which was inclusive of parents of predominantly racial and ethnic minority children with
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China, Cambodia ignored 'community concerns' during building dam, says hu
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China] August 11 (ANI): After a rights group report revealed that Indigenous and ethnic minority communities of Cambodia were undermined during the construction of a dam project completed by a Chinese electricity firm and bankrolled by Chinese and Cambodian governments, the governme
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Population growth of Han faster than ethnic minority Uygur in China's Xinj
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 15 (ANI): The Han population in China's western region of Xinjiang grew faster than the ethnic minority Uygur population over the last decade, according to a report in South China Morning Post.
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Amid human rights abuses by China, Australia's Uyghurs in despair over dis
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], June 4 (ANI): As Beijing continues its human rights abuses against ethnic minority communities in Xinjiang, Uyghurs living in Australia are left in despair over the 'disappearance' of their relatives in China.
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Tibetans see repeat of own repression in China's treatment of Uyghurs, say
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 29 (ANI): Tibetans are experiencing mass repression in China similar to that being enforced on ethnic minority Uyghurs in the western part of the country, Xinjiang.
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'We will respond in kind': China warns Australia against sanctions over Uy
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], April 8 (ANI): China has warned Australia that it will "respond in kind" if Canberra sanctions Beijing over human rights violations against the ethnic minority Uyghurs in Xinjiang province, local media reported.
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Ethnic minorities in England less likely to report using e-cigarettes to r
Updated : 5 years ago IST
London [UK], March 19 (ANI): Ethnic minority groups may be missing out on a means of reducing smoking, suggest the findings of a new survey.
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12 Japanese companies to cease business deals involving Uyghur forced labo
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 23 (ANI): Amid the ongoing human rights abuse on Uyghurs by China, 12 major Japanese companies have announced their decision to cease their business deals with the Chinese companies found to be benefiting from the forced labour of the minority ethnic community in Xinj
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