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Uzbek govt rejects reports of illegal use of force at 'peaceful rally' in
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], July 7 (ANI): The Uzbekistan Foreign Ministry has rejected media reports and claims by human rights groups which stated that illegal use of force was employed for the dispersal of a "peaceful rally" in the city of Nukus in Karakalpakstan.
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Cannot rely on Pak & China, Afghanistan must turn to tested developmen
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 6 (ANI): Afghanistan under the Taliban's fundamentalism is on a rapid path to financial crisis and humanitarian crisis and amid this, the country cannot rely on Pakistan's politically motivated token gestures or on China's debt diplomacy which has wreaked economic
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UN rights chief calls for 'transparent' probe into deaths during Uzbekista
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], July 6 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday called for a prompt, independent and transparent investigation into the deaths of at least 18 people during clashes at protests in the Uzbek region of Karakalpakstan last Friday.
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Ethiopia rights body calls for reinforcement of security forces to prevent
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], July 5 (ANI/Xinhua): The state-backed Ethiopia Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has called for urgent reinforcement of government security forces in order to prevent further civilian deaths.
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China wants instability in Myanmar: Southeast Asia expert Bertil Lintner
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): China wants instability in Myanmar, and wishes to remain a major controlling player in the politics of the Southeast Asian country, said veteran journalist and regional expert Bertil Lintner on Monday.
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Myanmar military atrocities laid bare in gruesome footage: report
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], July 5 (ANI): Shocking footage has recently emerged on social media of brutal killings allegedly in Myanmar's Sagaing Region where a United Nations investigator has documented apparent war crimes by the Myanmar military, according to New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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Afghanistan: Taliban detained former military officer, says family
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 4 (ANI): The family of a former military officer of the Afghan Defense Ministry, Layiq Saifi said that he is still incommunicado, 24 days after the Taliban detained him.
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US special envoy skips Doha meet, says will talk to Taliban after their co
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 2 (ANI): While skipping the Doha meeting between the US delegation and Taliban representatives, US special envoy for Afghan women Rina Amiri said that she will only talk to the Taliban when they take concrete steps to ensure human rights, especially the rights of wo
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Extrajudicial killings in Balochistan on the rise: Report
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], July 2 (ANI): Alongside a massive rise in cases of enforced disappearances and abduction in Balochistan, there has been a reported increase in the number of extrajudicial killings in Balochistan, stated the monthly newsletter of the Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC)
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Outrage in Pakistan after attack on journalist, day after he called Army g
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 2 (ANI): A prominent human rights organization in Pakistan has condemned the assault on senior journalist and former parliamentarian Ayaz Amir by unidentified people that led to outrage in the country.
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Human Rights Council holds urgent debate on rights of women and girls in A
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 1 (ANI): The Human Rights Council (HRC) on Friday held an urgent debate on the human rights of women and girls in Afghanistan, hearing Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, say that since the Taliban took power, women and girls in Af
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Let's not impose our culture upon others: NHRC
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairperson, Justice Arun Mishra on Friday said that the Indian civilizational ethos is blessed with the power of assimilation and not the imposition of thoughts.
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