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Johnson, Shehbaz Sharif discuss UK-Pakistan trade, Ukraine conflict over p
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], May 31 (ANI): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday and discussed a range of issues including trade, the human rights situation in Afghanistan and the Ukraine conflict.
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UK slams China for failure to grant UN official unfettered access to Xinji
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], May 31 (ANI): The Chinese authorities did not provide unfettered access to Xinjiang during UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet's 6-day official visit, said the United Kingdom government on Monday, adding that its failure to grant such access only serves to hi
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Taliban crackdown on journalists continues, another Afghan scribe disappea
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 31 (ANI): Raising concerns about the increasing human rights issues in Afghanistan, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said the Taliban must investigate the disappearance of journalist Ali Akbar Khairkhah and ensure that local officials allow female journa
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Human Rights Groups demand resignation of UN rights chief, term her China
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 30 (ANI): A Human Rights group has demanded the resignation of the United Nations High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet stating that she insulted the Uyghur victims of genocide and failed her duty as High Commissioner.
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Pakistan's water crisis to cause interprovincial rivalry, deteriorate huma
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 30 (ANI): The severe water crisis in Pakistan may create fissures between the two major coalition partners -- Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) --and can further deteriorate the human rights situation in Balochistan.
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Freedom long walk for Sindh's human rights kicks off in Canada
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], May 30 (ANI): The Freedom Long Walk for Sindh's human rights, climate change and environmental justice has kicked off in Canada. The protest march will take place from Toronto to Ottawa, covering 424 kilometres.
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Former Sri Lanka PM to summon before Human Rights Commission regarding att
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 29 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has decided to call former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to obtain a statement regarding the attacks on protesters at Galle Face and Temple Trees in Colombo on May 9 and the subsequent unrest.
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Xinjiang Police Files: Global brands fret over reputational, commercial lo
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 29 (ANI): The release of Xinjiang Police Files, which shows the extent and extremely repressive nature of China's mass internment policies in East Turkistan, has made the companies that source cotton from the region in China rethink their supply chains.
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Pakistan Army lodges FIR against Mazari's daughter for 'defaming' Gen Bajw
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 29 (ANI): Pakistan Army has lodged an FIR against Imaan Mazari, daughter of Pakistan's former human rights minister Shireen Mazari, for "abusing and defaming" the army and Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa.
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Chinese Minister says China's human rights protection will be aligned to n
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 29 (ANI): Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu on Saturday said that no one can claim perfection for human rights protection and China will follow that path on the issue which suits its national "conditions".
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US slams China for 'restricting, manipulating' UN human rights chief's vis
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 29 (ANI): The United States on Sunday expressed concern over Beijing's efforts to restrict and manipulate the visit of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet and her team to China that "did not enable a complete and independent assessment of the human
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Rights group let down after Bachelet hands out 'political victory' to Chin
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 29 (ANI): The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) has expressed disappointment with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet's visit to China, saying this trip has given a "political victory" to the Communist regime.
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