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China failed to implement UN recommendations on human rights, say activist
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Nov 3 (ANI): Human rights activists, academicians and politicians have raised serious concerns over Beijing's failure to protect human rights of indigenous and minority communities in the country, especially Xinjiang and Tibet.
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Terrorists enjoyed military training in Pak, Afghanistan: EFSAS Director
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Oct 30 (ANI): In a recently-held high profile conference by a Europe-based leading non-governmental organisation, it was revealed that Pakistan is one of the countries which give military and psychological training to terrorists.
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Khashoggi disappearance: UN High Commissioner asks Saudi Arabia to reveal
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Oct 17 (ANI): United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday urged the governments of Saudi Arabia and Turkey to reveal the details of the disappearance and possible extra-judicial killing of the prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi
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Pankaj Sharma appointed India's Ambassador to UN Conference on Disarmament
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 05 (ANI): Pankaj Sharma has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the United Nations Conference on Disarmament, Geneva.
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UN human rights expert alarmed by India's move to deport Rohingyas
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Oct 3 (ANI): United Nations' Special Rapporteur on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance, has expressed concerns over Indian Government's plan to deport seven Rohingya men to Myanmar, saying their forcible return could constitute refoulement which vi
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WTO downgrades outlook for global trade
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 27 (ANI): The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has downgraded its outlook for global trade growth from 3.9 per cent in 2018 to 3.7 per cent in 2019. In a press release, WTO said that escalating trade tensions and tighter credit market conditions in important markets
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Minorities in Pak face persecution, discrimination: Activists
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 27 (ANI): Activists from the Christian minority in Pakistan say they are being persecuted, discriminated and forced to leave the country.
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Activists highlight worsening human rights situation, inequity in Balochis
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 26 (ANI): Baloch political activists have accused Islamabad of violating human rights, inequality and rise of religious fundamentalists in Balochistan, which is responsible for the destruction of cultural identity of the Baloch people.
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Baloch woman activist hits out at Pak for gender inequality
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 25 (ANI): A Baloch woman political activist has hit out at Islamabad for allowing religious groups to launch an assault against women's freedom throughout Pakistan, especially in Balochistan.
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CPEC: India hits out at China, Pak
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 24 (ANI): In a veiled reference to Beijing and Islamabad over the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) initiative, New Delhi on Monday expressed concerns, saying that no country can accept a project that ignores its core concerns on sovereignty and territorial i
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CPEC: Activists blame Pakistan for more destruction to Balochistan
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 24 (ANI): Baloch political and human rights activists have accused Islamabad of allowing Beijing to build the CPEC (China-Pakistan Economic Corridor) project from Balochistan, the resource-rich province which has been facing decades-long insurgency.
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Baloch activists hold anti-Pakistan protest in Geneva
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 23 (ANI): Exiled Balochistan political activists on Sunday held a protest in front of the Palais Wilson, the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, and demanded the UN to intervene and stop the genocide and war crimes committed
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