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Russia won't participate in special session of UNHRC on Ukraine
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 10 (ANI/Xinhua): The Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that Russia has chosen not to participate in an upcoming special session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Ukraine, calling the event biased.
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Dhruv Kapoor appointed as a member of the Telephone Advisory Committee in
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI/PNN): Ministry of Communications, Government of India issued order for the Appointment of Dhruv Kapoor as a Member of the Telephone Advisory Committee for a two-year term.
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We don't believe in misusing laws, PM Modi in favour of protection of civi
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): With the aim to preserve the sovereignty and integrity of the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his clear and unequivocal views in favour of the protection of civil liberties, respect for human rights and giving meaning to constitutional freed
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China carrying out displacement of Tibetans in garb of environmental actio
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], May 9 (ANI): Under the garb of environmental protection, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Tibet is carrying out the oppression of the local nomads, and damming the numerous rivers that originate on the roof of the world, a media report said, calling the actions as 'greenwa
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China attempting for long to erase Tibetan language: Report
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], May 8 (ANI): The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been attempting for decades to suppress and ultimately eradicate the Tibetan language using means like forcing children to study in colonial style boarding schools and arresting teachers, even as the locals resist the subversi
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UN chief concerned over new hijab rules for Afghan women
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 8 (ANI): UN chief Antonio Guterres aired his concerns about a recent decision by the Taliban to obligate Afghan women to cover head-to-toe, a decision that has led to severe criticism from human rights observers.
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Step by step Taliban is obliterating women's rights: UN Special Rapporteur
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 8 (ANI): Step by step Taliban is obliterating Afghan women's human rights, UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett said a day after the Taliban issued the latest edict on mandatory face coverings compounding restrictions on education, movement, employment and public li
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UN rights body urges transparent probe into Ethopia clashes
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Addis Ababa, May 7 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Saturday called on Ethiopian authorities to promptly initiate and conduct transparent investigations into recent inter-religious clashes in Ethiopia.
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Uyghur representatives meet Norwegian leaders, seek Xinjiang genocide reco
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Oslo [Norway], May 7 (ANI): Representatives from the World Uyghur Congress (WUC), including its President Dolkum Isa met with Norwegian lawmakers and officials in Oslo, during a two-day visit to the country on May 5-6, and called for the recognition of the 'Uyghur genocide' in China's Xinjia
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NHRC issues notice to Telangana govt in interfaith marriage murder case
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): In the Telangana interfaith marriage murder case, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the chief secretary and police chief of Telangana, asking each of them to submit a detailed report in the case within four weeks.
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Pakistan's Opposition accuses newly-appointed interior minister of having
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 6 (ANI): Pakistan Opposition's letter to the United Nations accusing newly-appointed Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah of being "an ally of terrorist groups," may not come as a surprise to those at the world body looking at security issues and militancy management an
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China hoodwinks world as human rights violations continue in Tibet
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 5 (ANI): Even as China wants the world to believe that things are all rosy in Tibet, recent incidents in which two Tibetans immolated themselves within a span of one month has exposed the human rights violations inflicted by Beijing.
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