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ISIS group targets religious minorities in Afghanistan, says HRW
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 8 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said the Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP) repeatedly attacked Hazaras and other religious minorities at their mosques, schools, and workplaces.
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High time situation of Uyghurs is discussed in UN Security Council: World
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], September 8 (ANI): In the wake of serious human rights violations against Uyghur minorities in China, the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) said that it is about time that the situation of Uyghurs should be discussed at the UN security council and the human rights council.
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Taliban to revise mass media law in Afghanistan, condition of the press co
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 8 (ANI): With Taliban officials set to make changes in the culture and religious sections of media books and revise the mass media law in the country, the condition of media personnel in Afghanistan is likely to get worse.
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House arrest instances in China could cross over a million in next 3 years
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 7 (ANI): Under the Chinese President Xi Jinping, the law enforcement's use of house arrests or "residential surveillance" has risen sharply, media reports said citing a research by Safeguard Defenders.
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China must address human rights violations, world must not turn a blind ey
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 7 (ANI): Independent UN experts said on Wednesday that profound concerns over systematic human rights violations and their widespread effect on individuals and minorities in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region cannot, and should not, be ignored by the in
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China-backed controversial mega project in Myanmar rapidly becoming human
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], September 7 (ANI): Rising incidents of human trafficking have alarmed human rights activists, with reports that the Shwe Kokko New City in southeast Myanmar's Karen State has become a people-trafficking hub.
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Sri Lanka: UN report urges progress on institutional, security reforms
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 6 (ANI): Sri Lanka's new Government should embark on a national dialogue to advance human rights and reconciliation, a UN report urged on Tuesday, calling for accountability and deeper institutional reforms to prevent a recurrence of past violations.
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Pakistan Army violates human rights in draconian response to target PTM
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 6 (ANI): The Pakistan Army has committed many grave human rights violations in order to target the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) with its draconian response.
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China's angry defense of its "serious human rights violations" in Xinjiang
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong, September 6 (ANI): The Chinese government reacted furiously to the release of a report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on 31 August, calling it "wholly illegal and invalid".
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Human Rights Watch asks UN not to renew travel ban waiver on Taliban offic
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 5 (ANI): Amid the ongoing political isolation of Afghanistan due to their atrocities on women and young girls in the country, the Human Rights Watch has urged the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) not to extend the existing government officials' travel exe
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Baloch rights activists demand release of missing persons in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], September 4 (ANI): Human rights activists and various student bodies in Pakistan staged a protest on Tuesday and demanded the immediate release of all the missing persons including Faheem Baloch.
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UN's deputy rep to Afghanistan Potzel calls for formation of inclusive gov
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 4 (ANI): The deputy head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Markus Potzel, called for the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan and said that the Taliban must obtain domestic recognition to be recognized by the international comm
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