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UN officials raise concern on situation of women in Afghanistan
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
As Afghan women continue to remain deprived of their basic rights, the United Nations officials have once again raised concerns on the situation of women in Afghanistan under the Taliban rule.
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Human Rights Watch raises concerns over forceful eviction of low-income re
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The 48-page report titled 'I Escaped with Only My Life:' Abusive Forced Evictions in Pakistan,' stated that authorities have evicted thousands of people without adequate consultation, notice, compensation, resettlement assistance, or means of redress in violation of their basic rights; di
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UN chief condemns Israeli strike in Rafah, says "horror must stop"
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Antonio Guterres condemned the Israeli strike on Rafah, saying that the attack "killed scores of innocent civilians who were only seeking shelter from this deadly conflict."
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East Turkistan Government in Exile urgently calls on US Senate to pass Uyg
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) urgently called on the US Senate to pass the Uyghur Policy Act without delay to establish a Special Coordinator for Uyghur Issues within the US State Department. The East Turkistani people have been advocating for such a position since 1997, seek
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Pakistan: Rights Group condemns blasphemy allegations, mob attack on Chris
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The incident began when Nazir Masih and Sultan Masih were accused of desecrating pages of the Quran and discarding them in front of their factory.
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China pressuring Tibetans to relocate from long-established villages: Huma
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The 71-page report - 'Educate the Masses to Change Their Minds: China's Coercive Relocation of Rural Tibetans,' details how participation in "whole-village relocation" programs in Tibet, in which entire villages are relocated, amounts to forced eviction in violation of international law.
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Pak human rights body raises concerns over defamation bill proposed in Pun
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
HRCP has consistently decried special parallel judicial structures because they invariably violate fundamental rights and other universally accepted norms governing the fair functioning of the judiciary.
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US lawmakers seek sanctions to "punish" ICC over Netanyahu arrest warrant
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Meanwhile, human rights attorney Amal Clooney is among the experts who advised the ICC prosecutor to seek the arrest warrants. The wife of actor George Clooney in a statement explained how she had found herself advising ICC chief prosecutor Khan.
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US condoles deaths of Iran's president, foreign minister in helicopter cra
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
"The United States expresses its official condolences for the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian, and other members of their delegation in a helicopter crash in northwest Iran. As Iran selects a new president, we reaffirm our support for the Iranian p
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Rajnath Singh appeals to global human rights bodies to take cognizance of
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The international community and human rights bodies should take cognizance of human rights violations in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK), said Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on the last day of his electioneering in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow on Saturday.
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Kurdish leader jailed by Turkey court for 42 years over 2014 deadly riots
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
A Turkish Court has sentenced over 20 Kurdish politicians, including former presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtas, on bogus charges of crimes against the state and for their role in the 2014 deadly riots that erupted as Islamic State group overran the Syrian town of Kobane, reported Hum
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Pak: Islamabad HC seeks report on alleged abduction of Kashmiri journalist
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Ahmed Farhad Shah was allegedly abducted from his home on Wednesday. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan had called on the authorities for his immediate release.
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