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China accused of expanding repression as exiled voices rally at Geneva sum
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Senior activists from Uyghur, Tibetan and Chinese Christian communities used the platform of the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy to sharply criticise China's human rights record, accusing the Chinese government of intensifying repression across multiple regions and faith groups
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"Learned and educated Tibetans continue to be targeted by Chinese governme
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Speaking at the sidelines of the Summit, Tibetan activist Namkyi accused Chinese government of targeting many learned and educated Tibetans for promoting their religion, education and language.
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Geneva Summit 2025: Tibetan activist Namkyi exposes Chinese oppression, ca
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The 17th Geneva Summit 2025 for Human Rights and Democracy is underway at the Centre International de Conferences Geneve (CICG) on February 18, 2025. United Nations Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer gave a welcome message to kick off this worldwide forum devoted to tackling human rights
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Former Tibetan political prisoner leads advocacy at Geneva Summit, urges U
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Namkyi, a former Tibetan political prisoner, arrived in Geneva, Switzerland, on February 9, 2025, to attend the Geneva Summit 2025. A five-day advocacy campaign from February 10 to 14, 2025was launched in advance of the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to spread awareness
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Activists decry China's repression, call for ending Uyghur and Tibetan opp
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Abduweli Ayup, a Uyghur linguist and poet accused the Chinese government of implementing forced sterilisations and abortions among the Muslim minority in Xinjiang.
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Zarifa Ghafari, winner of International Women's Rights award, defies Talib
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], April 9 (ANI): Zarifa Ghafari, the winner of the International Women's Rights award and one of Afghanistan's first woman Mayors of Maidan Shahr who defied the Taliban restrictions on Afghan women, continues to raise voice for the people of her homeland with her radio channel
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Nobel-nominated activist Rushan Abbas calls on UN to address China's 'crim
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 8 (ANI): At the 14th Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy, Nobel-nominated activist and sister to detained Uyghur doctor Gulshan Abbas, Rushan Abbas, called on the UN to address China's 'crimes' against the Uyghurs.
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UN Watch's Neuer urges Geneva Summit to expel Russia, China, Pakistan from
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 6 (ANI): Hillel Neuer, Executive Director of United Nations Watch on Wednesday urged the 2022 Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy to expel Russia, China, and Pakistan from United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) over Ukraine invasion, human rights abu
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US trying to set up military bases near Afghanistan: Russian Minister
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 3 (ANI): Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has said that President Vladimir Putin has told his American counterpart Joe Biden at the Geneva Summit that the country is against the US attempts to form agreements with Central Asian countries to deploy the US m
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Biden tells Putin critical infrastructure should be 'off limits' to cybera
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 17 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Wednesday (local time) said he told Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during their Geneva summit that "certain critical infrastructure should be off limits to cyberattack" and expressed optimism that latter would not seek to esc
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Afghanistan to seek support for its peace process in Geneva talks
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Nov 27(ANI): The Geneva Summit that is going to start here on Tuesday for two days will give a chance to the government of Afghanistan to call on the international community to "support an Afghan-owned and Afghan-led peace process", the Afghan Ministry of Finance has sa
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