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Hazara minority facing persecution in Afghanistan, Pakistan: Activist
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 8(ANI): A human rights activist, belonging to the Hazara ethnic group, has demanded an urgent intervention by the international community to protect the minorities facing persecution in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Study focuses on role culture plays in feeling sick
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 2 (ANI): Social scientists have discovered a link between a person's culture and how one classifies being ill. The biological response from the body comes naturally in the form of physical and mental sensations when a person feels sick. The strength and severity of
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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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Tableaux showcase India's diversity, progress at 71st Republic Day parade
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 26 (ANI): Tableaux of different states of India and various central government departments showcased the country's cultural, linguistic and ethnic diversity and the social, economic and scientific progress made by the country at the 71st Republic Day parade here on Sun
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We're facing threat to our ethnicity, says PoK activist
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Neelum Valley [PoK], Jan 21 (ANI): Residents in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) are upset with continuous attacks on their identity, ethnicity and inhuman ways of persecution.
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Amarinder slams CAA, says situation in India similar to that of Germany un
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Jan 18 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday said the amended Citizenship Act was against the secular fabric of the country and compared it with the "ethnic and religious cleansing of Hitler's Germany".
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China's 'ethnic unity' law aims at complete sinicisation of Tibetan platea
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Jan 17 (ANI): The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has condemned a new law mandating 'ethnic unity' in state and social institutions in Tibet, describing it as a measure of ethnic cleansing aimed at complete sinicisation of the plateau.
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'Historic milestone': US Census Board includes Sikhs as separate ethnic gr
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 16 (ANI): The Sikh community in the United States on Wednesday described as a "historic milestone" their identification as a separate ethnic group and said the procedure will help in recording an accurate number of their people in the decennial US Census report.
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Rugby star Bill Williams tweets in support of China's Uighur minority
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 24 (ANI): New Zealand's rugby star Sonny Bill Williams has spoken out on the alleged human rights abuses by China against the ethnic Uighur minority group in the country's Xinjiang region.
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Hong Kong police, protesters clash at rally held in support of China's Uig
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Dec 23 (ANI): Clashes broke out between Hong Kong police and protesters during a rally organised in support of China's ethnic Uighurs on Sunday.
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Opposition using students as pawns to suit their agenda: Sambit Patra over
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 16 (ANI): BJP on Monday accused the opposition parties of using students in Delhi, Lucknow and other places as "pawns" for their politics while asserting that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) does not affect any Indian of any religion, caste or ethnicity.
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