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Baloch activists remember Nawab Akbar Bugti on his death anniversary
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva/ London [Switzerland/UK], Aug 26 (ANI): Baloch activists on Sunday paid tributes to Nawab Akbar Bugti, who is known as the `Father of the Baloch Nation' on his 12th death anniversary.
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Sunanda Pushkar case: Tharoor allowed to visit Kofi Annan's family
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), August 20 (ANI): Delhi's Patiala House Court on Monday granted permission to Congress leader Shashi Tharoor to visit Geneva, Switzerland, to meet the family of former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who passed away on August 18.
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Former UN chief Kofi Annan dies at 80
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Bern [Switzerland], Aug 18 (ANI): Former United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Kofi Annan passed away on Saturday, his family and foundation confirmed.
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China holding 1 mn Uighurs in secret camps: UN
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Aug 11 (ANI): A United Nations human rights panel has expressed grave concerns that there were credible reports that China is holding a million Uighur Muslims in mass detention camps in Xinjiang province.
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Forced disappearance growing in Balochistan, says Bugti
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva (Switzerland), August 4 (ANI): Baloch Republican Party spokesperson Sher Mohammed Bugti expressed concern over growing incidents of human rights violations in Balochistan, the largest in terms of land and natural resource rich province of Pakistan.
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Disappointed over Kashmir human rights report criticism: UNHCR
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 18 (ANI): The United Nations High Commission for Human Rights (UNHCR) on Tuesday quashed the criticisms levelled by the Indian authorities and media for its human rights report on Kashmir released recently, and expressed "deep disappointment" over the reaction.<
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UN migration agency picks Portugal's Vitorino as new chief
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 29 (ANI): The UN's migration agency has elected Portugal's Socialist Antonio Vitorino as its new Director General.
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World Sindhi Congress activist flags Pak's atrocities at UNHRC
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 29 (ANI): World Sindhi Congress activist Dr. Hidayat Bhutto underscored the "rampant violations" of human rights committed by Pakistan in Sindh province.
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PoK activist made intervention during 38th Session of UNHRC
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 29 (ANI): Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) Human Rights Activist Jamil Maqsood made an intervention during the on-going 38th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), saying, there is a situation regarding PoK and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) that require
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UNAMA chief calls on Taliban to hold talks with Kabul
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka [Afghanistan], June 28 (ANI): The Cheif of United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Tadamichi Yamamoto, called on the Taliban to hold direct talks with the Afghan Government.
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N Korea warns Japan not to meddle with denuclearization
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 28 (ANI): North Korea has again warned Japan not to interfere in its denuclearisation issue, stating that Tokyo has nothing to do with the former's recent agreements with South Korea and the United States.
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Geneva: Pashtuns protest against Pak Army
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva, [Switzerland] June 25 (ANI) : Members of the Pashtun community with origins in Pakistan and Afghanistan held protests against Pakistani Army in front of the office of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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