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Uyghur internment camp survivors demonstrate outside UN office in Geneva
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 27 (ANI): Uyghur activists, many of whom are survivors of the internment camps set up by China in the Xinjiang region on Monday demonstrated for a week outside the United Nations compound in Geneva demanding a meeting with the UN human rights chief, a media report
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Switzerland bans Berlin from re-exporting ammunition for combat vehicles t
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Switzerland has vetoed requests by German authorities to re-export to Ukraine ammunition used in German Marder infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), a representative of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) told Swiss media.
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WHO reports around 170 Hepatitis cases of unknown origin
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 24 (ANI): Nearly 170 cases of Hepatitis of unknown origin among children have been reported by the World Health Organization (WHO), which says that there has been at least one death already.
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World Economic Forum's Young Global Leadership 2022 list features 5 Indian
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI/ATK): Every year the prestigious World Economic Forum headquartered in Geneva; Switzerland releases the YGL list of the most prominent & inspiring young leaders of the world under the supervision of the Switzerland Government. The list of 2022 featured 10
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Over 7.7 million internally displaced in Ukraine: UN
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 22 (ANI): According to the latest report by UN Migration Agency, over 7.7 million, 17 per cent of the country's population, have been internally displaced since the beginning of Russia's war on Ukraine.
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WTO downgrades forecast for global GDP growth in 2022 to 2.8pc
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Trade Organization (WTO) has downgraded its forecast for global GDP growth in 2022 to 2.8% from the previously expected 4.1%, according to a fresh report released on Tuesday.
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Sri Lanka: UN experts condemn crackdown on protests
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 9 (ANI): UN human rights experts have urged the Sri Lankan Government to guarantee the fundamental rights of peaceful assembly and of expression during peaceful protests, amid the country's severe economic crisis.
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Zarifa Ghafari, winner of International Women's Rights award, defies Talib
Updated : 3 years, 11 months 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 : 3 years, 11 months 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 : 3 years, 11 months 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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UN rights office concerned over Sri Lanka's deepening economic crisis
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 6 (ANI): The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Tuesday expressed concern over the deepening economic crisis in Sri Lanka and urged the government to defuse tensions peacefully.
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Over 7.1 million people internally displaced in Ukraine
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 5 (ANI): More than 7.1 million people have been internally displaced by the ongoing war in Ukraine with over half of them women, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
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