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Suu Kyi urges ICJ to drop Rohingya genocide case, warns it may undermine '
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
The Hague [Netherlands], Dec 13 (ANI): Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to drop the genocide case filed against her country, warning that any action could "undermine the ongoing reconciliation" efforts between the country'
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CAB an attempt to ethnically cleanse North East: Rahul Gandhi
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday called the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 an attempt by the central government to "ethnically cleanse the North East".
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Tripura govt suspends mobile internet, SMS services to prevent rumours abo
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Dec 10 (ANI): The Tripura government on Tuesday suspended mobile internet and SMS services in the state for 48 hours after police found that rumours were being mongered about ethnic clashes between tribals and non-tribals in Manu and Kanchanpur areas.
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China condemns US passing Uighur crackdown bill
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Dec 4 (ANI): China on Wednesday came down heavily on the United States after the House of Representatives approved a bill that would require the Trump administration to toughen its response to Beijing's crackdown on its Muslim minority in Xinjiang, mostly ethnic Uighurs, who
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Myanmar rejects ICC probe into war crimes against Rohingya
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], Nov 16 (ANI): Myanmar has rejected an International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into alleged crimes against the Rohingya, as the country faces mounting international pressure over its treatment of the minority ethnic group.
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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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Kashmiri Pandits, Balochs, Mohajirs gather outside UNHQ to support Modi fo
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept 27 (ANI): A large group of Kashmiri Pandits, ethnic and religious minorities like Balochs, Mohajirs and Sindhis have gathered outside the UN headquarters in support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is supposed to address the 74th session of the UN General Assembly in
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Protect us from Pak Army, ISI; Muhajir activist appeals to Modi, Trump
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], Sept 26 (ANI): Highlighting the atrocities committed against the ethnic and religious minorities in Pakistan, a woman Muhajir activist on Thursday demanded cessation of funding and aid to the "terrorist state" and urged US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Mod
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India calls out Pakistan's misuse of UNHRC to peddle fabricated narrative
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 24 (ANI): India on Tuesday deplored the "repeated misuse" of the UNHRC platform by Pakistan to peddle its fabricated narrative on the Kashmir issue, and urged Pakistan to address the issue of gross human rights violation against ethnic minorities in Sindh, Balochis
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Article 370 became a veto over ethnic, religious groups in J-K: Sering
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 11 (ANI): Pakistan is making a hue and cry over India's decision to repeal Article 370 but has no locus standi in the matter, says Senge H. Sering, Director, Institute of Gilgit Baltistan Studies, Washington DC.
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