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Time for EU to question Pakistan's GSP+ status, say experts
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], July 30 (ANI): Pakistan's blasphemy laws are used and abused by extremist Islamic groups to persecute members of non-Muslim minorities and whoever tries to combat this religiously motivated instrumentalization is at risk of losing their lives, experts from a non-governme
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Myanmar junta escalating media crackdown, alleges rights group
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], July 28 (ANI): Myanmar's military junta should stop prosecuting journalists and end its assault on independent media, said Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday.
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Afghanistan: Taliban imposes new severe restrictions on women, media in Ba
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Balkh [Afghanistan], July 10 (ANI): Residents of Balkh were stupefied to receive distributed leaflets by the Taliban wherein they were ordered to follow strict rules that are similar to those they had imposed on Afghans when they last governed the country from 1996 to 2001.
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Chinese pro-democracy students facing harassment, threats in Australian un
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], June 30 (ANI): A Human Rights Watch (HRW) report has revealed that many Chinese pro-democracy students are facing harassment, surveillance and threats in Australian universities and said that there is a lack of oversight and accountability mechanisms to ensure their aca
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UAE detains, deports Pakistanis based on Shia background: Human Rights Wat
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], June 24 (ANI): Human Rights Watch (HRW) in its report on Tuesday pointed out that United Arab Emirates (UAE) has detained and deported Pakistanis based on their Shia background.
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Families of activists who flee China's Xinjiang pay a heavy price, says ri
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 10 (ANI): Members of the Uyghur diaspora, belonging to China's Xinjiang region, who speak publicly about the arbitrary detention of their family members or criticize human rights violations, face vague charges of terrorism by Chinese authorities, according to the Human Ri
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UN should press China to end crimes against humanity on Uyghurs: Human Rig
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 13 (ANI): United Nations members should press the Chinese government to end its crimes against humanity against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims, said Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday.
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US-based rights group accuses Israel of apartheid
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], April 28 (ANI): A human rights group has accused the Israeli government of committing crimes of apartheid and persecution against Palestinians in a new report on Tuesday.
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China dismisses 'Crimes Against Humanity' report on Uyghurs as lies, false
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 21 (ANI): While condemnation over China's crackdowns over Uyghurs continues to mount, Beijing dismissed crimes against humanity report on Uyghurs in Xinjiang province as "lies and false information".
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China: New Human Rights Watch report highlights crimes against humanity in
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], April 20 (ANI): The Chinese government is committing crimes against humanity in its treatment of the Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in the northwest region of Xinjiang, according to a report released by Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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Baseless imprisonments surge in China's Xinjiang province: Human Rights Wa
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New York [US], February 24 (ANI): The Chinese government has increased its "groundless prosecutions" with long prison sentences for Uyghurs and other minority communities in recent years in China's Xinjiang province, according to the Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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Seminar on freedom of faith, human rights held by CESNUR and HRWF
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Dec 7 (ANI/Digpu): On November 29, Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR) from Italy and Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) from Belgium hosted a seminar on human rights entitled "Intolerance and Discrimination Against New Religious Movements: An International P
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