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UN experts call for decisive measures to protect fundamental freedoms in C
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 26 (ANI): Independent experts from the United Nations have called for decisive measures to protect fundamental freedoms in China as they raised deep concerns over treatment of Uighur Muslim minority in Xinjiang and said the impending national security law concernin
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US Senate passes bill to sanction China over Hong Kong security law
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 26 (ANI): The US Senate on Thursday (local time) passed a bill by unanimous consent that would impose sanctions on China for its decision to implement the controversial national security law on Hong Kong, which critics say will erode the city's democratic freedoms.
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Govt has given full freedom to Army to deal with China: G Kishan Reddy
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Suryapet (Telangana) [India], June 22 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy on Sunday said that government has given full freedom to the Indian Army on how to deal with China.
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National security law will spark fresh protests in Hong Kong: Activist Jos
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 20 (ANI): As China is all set to enact the controversial Hong Kong security law, activist Joshua Wong has said that the new legislation will spark a new round of protests in the semi-autonomous city, saying that Hongkongers are prepared to fight to protect the "vanishing free
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Plea in K'taka HC to transfer case of Amulya Leona who raised pro-Pak slog
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 20 (ANI): A petition has been filed in Karnataka High Court to transfer Amulya Leona case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). She raised pro-Pakistan slogans at an anti-CAA rally on February 20 at Freedom Park.
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USCIRF urges Trump administration to swiftly enforce Uyghur Human Rights P
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 19 (ANI): The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Thursday urged the country's government to swiftly enforce the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act.
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USCIRF welcomes signing of Uyghur Human Rights bill by Trump
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 18 (ANI): The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Thursday welcomed President Donald Trump's signing of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act, thereby enacting it into law.
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PIL in Calcutta HC against renaming Kolkata Port Trust after Syama Prasad
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New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI): A public interest litigation (PIL) has been moved in Calcutta High Court against renaming of Kolkata Port Trust as Dr Syama Prasad Mukherjee Port, claiming that that decision has resulted in "demeaning" freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
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Pakistan continues to violate Universal Declaration of Human Rights' right
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Islamabad [Pakistan], June 13 (ANI): Every year a large number of Christian and Hindu girls, mostly minors, across Pakistan are abducted and forcibly converted to Islam to get married to Muslims.
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Expert warns of China's inroads into Pakistan's mainstream media and telec
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad, [Pakistan] June 12 (ANI): A researcher has warned that Chinese inroads into Pakistan's mainstream media, and state-level bilateral cooperation on telecommunications infrastructure and surveillance is growing, which poses a threat to people's freedom of speech in the country. Read More
Bengaluru court cancels bail application of woman who raised 'Pakistan Zin
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 11 (ANI): A Bengaluru court on Thursday canceled the bail application of Amulya Leona, who raised 'Pakistan Zindabad' slogans at an anti-CAA rally in Bengaluru's Freedom Park on February 20.
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US report on religious freedom blames Pakistan for targeted killing of min
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Washington D.C. [USA], June 11 (ANI): An annual American report on religious freedom has voiced concern over the targeted killing in Pakistan of Shia Muslims, including ethnic Hazaras, who are largely Shia, and Ahmadi Muslims in attacks believed to be driven by faith.
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