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US special envoy calls humanitarian situation in Afghanistan "a great trag
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 27 (ANI): Rina Amiri, the US special representative for Afghan girls, women and human rights, has described the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan as "a great tragedy" and urged the Islamic countries to raise their voice.
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China using bots on social media to influence opinions about Xinjiang's hu
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 26 (ANI): Chinese officials and state media outlets are using social media to promote false information and influence public opinion in order to deflect attention from the human rights violations in Xinjiang.
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Michelle Bachelet signals delay in report on human rights abuses in China'
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 26 (ANI): UN rights human chief Michelle Bachelet has signalled that she might not release a long-awaited report on human rights abuses in China's far western region of Xinjiang before she leaves office next week, as she had promised.
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Amnesty calls out Taliban for its atrocities on Afghans, says country at b
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 26 (ANI): Amnesty International in a recent report has called out the Taliban to provide women and girls in Afghanistan the right to work and get an education, as well as participate in politics and society as the human rights of the community are being stripped s
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London-based activist raises concern over atrocities in PoK, says 'every p
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], August 25 (ANI): London-based rights activist Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri raised concern over the rights of the poeple of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir and said that every political party needs reform.
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China in tight spot after UN report confirms human rights violations in Xi
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 25 (ANI): Beijing is facing a difficult situation after the UN Special Rapporteur stated that China is involved in the suppression of the minority Uyghur Muslim population in Xinjiang.
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Activists highlight plight of man thrown out of his Muzaffarabad house by
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad [PoK], August 24 (ANI): Abbas Butt, chairman of the Kashmir National Party, in a virtual interaction with human rights activist Shabir Choudhry highlighted the plight of Malik Waseem whose family was forcibly evicted from his house in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (P
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"Pak military establishment transformed country into prison-like system",
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], August 24 (ANI): Pakistani human rights activist Sanna Ejaz said that the Pakistan Army has transformed the country into a prison-like system controlled by security authorities, with the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) playing a particularly central role in entrenc
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Make torture a crime: Rights group urges Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 24 (ANI): Pakistan's Senate should urgently pass a bill that would make torture a criminal offence, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.
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Pakistan's Human Rights Commission laments apathy of govt, opposition towa
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 23 (ANI): Lamenting the apathy of the Pakistan government and opposition towards flood devastations in the country, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) expressed grave concern at the loss of life and livelihoods wrought by floods across the country.
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Pakistan uses blasphemy laws to persecute its minorities
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 23 (ANI): The minorities in Pakistan are constantly being murdered and subjected to inhuman brutalities in the name of blasphemy, conversion to Islam and other sectarian differences.
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Pakistan's rights commission condemns persecution of minority Ahmadiyya co
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 21 (ANI): Rebuking the atrocities in Pakistan against its minority Ahmadiyya community, the country's Human Rights Commission on Saturday condemned the perpetuating violence and demanded justice.
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