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Government in Pakistan changes but Balochistan continues to remain under f
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 5 (ANI): In a big embarrassment for the new Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's government, the Balochistan region is witnessing fresh protests and acts of retaliation by the armed groups as the Pakistani security forces continue to carry out "extrajudicial kil
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Social media exposes China's blatant human rights violations in Shanghai a
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 5 (ANI): Shanghai residents, at the hands of China's Zero-Covid policy, are being subjected to unprecedented neglect, mistreatment, and abuse, with leaked videos on social media confirming blatant human rights violations.
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India, France express concern on humanitarian situation, human rights viol
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Paris [France], May 5 (ANI): India and France on Wednesday expressed serious concern about the humanitarian situation and violation of human rights in Afghanistan while calling for an inclusive and representative government in the country.
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Taliban stops issuing driving licence to women in Kabul: Reports
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 5 (ANI): The Taliban regime in Afghanistan has stopped issuing driving licenses to women in Kabul and other provinces, media reports said.
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Taliban forces prohibit Shia mosques from holding Eid prayers: Reports
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 5 (ANI): The Taliban regime in Afghanistan prohibited dozens of Shia mosques from holding Eid prayers on Tuesday, local media said.
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'Water crisis' forcing women to leave their in-laws house in Nasik village
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission has taken a sou motu cognizance of media reports claiming that newly married brides unable to cope with the extreme situation of water shortage are leaving their in-laws' houses in Dandichi Bari village of Nasik district in
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Former Pakistan minister pens letter to UN, condemns Rana Sanaullah's appo
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 4 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) leader Shireen Mazari has penned a letter to Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights condemning the appointment of Rana Sanaullah as the interior minister of Pakistan.
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Row over ban on 'Pattina Pravesam': BJP says 'will break law'
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 4 (ANI): After the Mayiladuthurai collectorate refused permission to conduct 'Pattina Pravesam', a tradition of devotees carrying the seer of the Dharmapuram Adheenam in a palanquin, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday warned the state government t
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Paris Keswani founder of New York-based non-profit organisation to assist
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI/GPRC): Paris Keswani, a philanthropist and human rights activist based in the United States, has partnered with the New York-based non-profit organisation Great Giving Charitable Foundation Inc to help impoverished children, displaced orphans, battered mothers,
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Lalitpur gang-rape: NHRC issues notice to UP govt, seeks report within 4 w
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday took suo motu cognizance of the incident in which a 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped by the in-charge of a police station in the Lalitpur district of Uttar Pradesh when she went to register an FIR ab
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World Press Freedom Day: Pakistan 5th most dangerous place for journalists
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 3 (ANI): On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) urged the Shehbaz government to protect the rights of media personnel and journalists amid the rising human rights violations against media in Pakistan.
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CCP on quest to sinicize Tibetan culture, forces people to speak Chinese:
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 3 (ANI): Chinese Communist Party is on a quest to target rural areas of Tibet, restricting the people from the use of the Tibetan language and compelling 'village leaders' to speak in Chinese, a report by European Union stated.
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