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'Bleeding Balochistan' conference at U.N. condemns Pakistan's atrocious st
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Spetmber 18 (ANI): A Member of Polish Parliament, Jacek Wlosowicz, has condemned Pakistan for having an atrocious stand for the people of Balochistan and reducing them to minority in their homeland.
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World Baloch Organization protests against Pakistan at UN in Geneva
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 18 (ANI): World Baloch Organisation (WBO) organised a protest in front of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva to raise awareness for human rights violations in Balochistan.
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#StopPakistan campaign launched to highlight plight of women and minoritie
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland] Sept 17 (ANI): #StopPakistan campaign has been launched here to highlight the plight of women and minorities in Pakistan.
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Exiled Tibetans hold anti-China protest outside UN headquarters
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 15 (ANI): Exiled Tibetans protested in front of the iconic "Broken Chair" in Geneva ahead of the 36th United Nations Human Rights Council Session against the atrocities being committed by the Chinese Government and demanded independence for Tibet.
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World leaders accuse Pakistan of state-sponsored terrorism at UNHRC confer
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 15 (ANI): Israeli Minister of Science Technology and Space, Yakoov Peri and Fulvio Martuschiello, Member of European Parliament, have accused Pakistan of state-sponsored terrorism at the 36th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
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Pakistan using terrorism as state policy under guise of concern for human
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 12 (ANI): India on Tuesday criticised Pakistan for providing sanctuary to UN-designated terrorists and said that Islamabad is using terrorism as a state policy under guise of expressing concern for human rights.
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Rohingyas issue: India hits back at United Nations, High Commissioner for
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 12 (ANI): Ambassador Rajiv K. Chander, the Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, on Tuesday expressed its disapproval with remarks made by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, saying that there appeared to be an inade
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2.1 billion people lack safe drinking water at home, more than twice as ma
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland]/New York[United States], July 13 (ANI): Some three in ten people worldwide, or 2.1 billion, lack access to safe, readily available water at home, and 6 in 10, or 4.5 billion, lack safely managed sanitation, according to a new report by WHO and UNICEF.
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UN Human Rights Council to review Pakistan's human rights record
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland] Jul. 9 (ANI): Alarmed over reports of the deteriorating human rights situation across Pakistan, and particularly in the country's Sindh Province, the United Nations Human Rights Council has said that it will undertake a thorough two-day review of Islamabad's h
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WHO declares end of Ebola outbreak in Congo
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 3 (ANI): The World Health Organisation has declared an end of the most recent outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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'Attack on freedom of expression': UN slams Gulf's demand t
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 30 (ANI): The United Nations has voiced concern over Gulf nations 'unacceptable attack on the right to freedom of expression and opinion' by demanding Qatar to shut down Al Jazeera network, as well as other affiliated media outlets.
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European human rights activists criticise China's bullying of Bhutan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 29 (ANI): China's threat to the sovereignty of Bhutan and its unilateral action to alter the status quo on bilateral boundary issues related to the Doklam Plateau has been strongly criticized by human rights activists in Europe and in other parts of the world.
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