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Sri Lanka imposes nationwide social media blackout
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 3 (ANI): Sri Lanka government imposed a nationwide social media blackout after midnight on Sunday, April 3, according to an internet observatory.
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Pak rights group warns against unconstitutional move during no-trust-vote
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 3 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission (HRCP) strongly warned the federal government to refrain from resorting to any unconstitutional measures to prevent members of Parliament from attending Sunday's National Assembly session where a no-confidence motion against th
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Sri Lanka: Emergency should not become pretext for rights violations, says
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 3 (ANI): A London based rights watchdog on Saturday warned the Sri Lankan government that the declaration of emergency in the island nation, in the name of public security, should not become a pretext for human rights violations.
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49th Session UNHRC: Afghan panel discusses impact of Taliban rule in Afgha
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 1 (ANI): An all-Afghan panel consisting of a scholar, former diplomat and young innovator at the 49th Session of the UN Human Rights Council discussed the human rights situation in Kabul after the Taliban takeover of the country in mid-August and expressed concern
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9 million people are at risk of famine in Afghanistan: UN Chief
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
New York [US], April 1 (ANI): Highlighting the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday (local time) said that nine million people are at risk of famine in the troubled country.
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New evidence that biometric data systems imperil Afghans
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 31 (ANI): Raising concerns about the security situation in Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said the Taliban control systems holding sensitive biometric data that Western donor governments left behind in Afghanistan in August 2021, put thousands of Afghans at
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Afghanistan: 22 cases of violence against journalists recorded in past mon
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 31 (ANI): In the past one month, at least 22 cases of violence against journalists were recorded under the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
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Taliban intensify attacks on Afghan media, says rights group
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 31 (ANI): Taliban have intensified attacks on media as the journalist in the country said that it's hard to report from Afghanistan anymore, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday.
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Pakistan: Rights group horrified over 'cold-blooded murder' on blasphemy c
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 30 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Wednesday expressed concern about the "cold-blooded murder" of a woman by three female seminary colleagues in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.
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US expresses concern over restrictions on Afghan media by Taliban
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 29 (ANI): The United States on Tuesday (local time) expressed concern over the latest series of restrictions imposed on Afghan media by the Taliban and urged the group to cease infringements, including education and human rights of Afghan people.
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Bangladeshi PM slams US sanctions on elite force, says it's 'condemnable a
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], March 29 (ANI): Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday slammed the US sanctions on officials of the country's Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) over alleged rights abuse, saying the move was "very condemnable act".
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Biden speaks with Belarusian opposition leader Tsikhanouskaya
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 27 (ANI): US President Joe Biden spoke with the Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya aboard Air Force One on Saturday (Local Time) and underscored continued support for the Belarusian people in defending and advancing human rights.
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