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UNHRC: Pashtuns continue to protest in Geneva against rights violations in
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 8 (ANI): Members of the civil rights movement, Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) will hold protests outside the UN headquarters in Geneva on Tuesday to raise concerns over human rights violations being committed by the Pakistan Army.
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Human rights situation in Afghanistan continues to be a matter of concern:
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 7 (ANI): India at the 49th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Monday (local time) said that the recent developments in Afghanistan particularly the human rights situation continued to be a matter of concern.
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1,207 casualties recorded in Ukraine since beginning of Russia's armed att
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Geneva [Switzerland], March 7 (ANI): The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Ukraine has recorded 1,207 civilian casualties, including 406 killed and 801 injured people, since Russia's military operation began in the Eastern European country.
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Amid sustained repression, Xi calls for minorities in China to 'stick toge
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Beijing [China], March 7 (ANI): China's President Xi Jinping on Saturday urged the minorities in the country to forge "ethnic unity" and a sense of community for the Chinese nation even as new laws have been introduced to repress minorities' identity.
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Ethnic Kazakh from Xinjiang among Ukrainian refugees in Poland
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Warsaw [Poland], March 6 (ANI): Amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, an ethnic Kazakh from China's North-Western province of Xinjiang has found his way to Poland with other Ukrainian refugees, a media report said on Friday.
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Ukrainians attend Taiwan protest in support of Tibet: Report
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], March 6 (ANI): Ukrainians in Taiwan extended their support to a protest march against 63 years of Chinese repression in Tibet on Saturday, media reports said.
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China using draconian methods to destroy identity of Tibetans
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], March 6 (ANI): With the world's attention diverted towards the events in Ukraine, China is continuing its repression of the Tibetan culture and identity, even introducing more draconian methods to accomplish the task, a media report said on Saturday.
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NHRC seeks report from Bihar govt on groundwater contamination
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New Delhi [India], March 5 (ANI): National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday took suo motu cognizance of a media report referring to the recent Bihar Economic Survey 2021-22 that in 31 of 38 districts of the State the groundwater is contaminated with Arsenic, Fluoride and excessive Ir
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UN chief condemns 'horrific attack' on Peshawar mosque
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New York [US], March 5 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday condemned the suicide blast in the Pakistani city of Peshawar that killed over 50 people.
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Pakistan rights commission condemns suicide blast at Peshawar mosque
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Islamabad [Pakistan], March 5 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned the suicide blast in the city of Peshawar that killed over 50 people.
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At UNHRC, India urges Sri Lanka for steps to address legitimate aspiration
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Geneva [Switzerland], March 5 (ANI): India on Friday called upon Sri Lanka to take necessary steps to address the legitimate aspirations of the Tamil community, including by carrying forward the process of reconciliation and the implementation of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution
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India abstains from vote in UN Human Rights Council on Ukraine crisis
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New York [US], March 4 (ANI): India on Friday abstained from voting at the UN Human Rights Council on the establishment of an independent international inquiry commission in the aftermath of the Russian military operation in Ukraine.
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