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Australian energy firm Woodside to withdraw from Myanmar
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Perth [Australia], January 27 (ANI): Major Australian energy company Woodside has decided to withdraw from its interests in Myanmar, citing the deteriorating human rights situation in the country.
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Sindhi Foundation announces protest march in Canada to highlight minority
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 27 (ANI): Sindhi Foundation, a Washington-based organization has announced that it begin a "Long Walk" in May this year to raise awareness on several human rights concerns of religious and ethnic minorities in Pakistan.
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Webinar questions Olympics committee decision to award winter games to Bei
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], January 25 (ANI): A webinar held in London on Monday by The Open Forum questioned the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decision to award China to host the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 amid reports of genocide against the Uyghurs.
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Winter Olympics' sponsors keep low profile over Beijing's human rights abu
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 25 (ANI): Sponsors and advertisers of Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 are keeping a low profile over human rights abuses in Xinjiang as firms face risks of missing global marketing opportunities in China, according to a media report.
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After 10 years, Lahore court acquits man of blasphemy charge
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], January 25 (ANI): In a classic case of justice delayed is justice denied, Lahore sessions court on Tuesday acquitted a man, Asim Aslam of blasphemy charges after he served a 10-year jail term.
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Human Rights Watch calls for foreign currency-related sanctions against My
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], January 25 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said that Myanmar's military will continue to collect massive revenues from natural gas and other extractive sectors unless new targeted sanctions block foreign currency payments supporting the junta's abusive rule on Tuesday.
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Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors demands immediate arrest of journali
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], January 25 (ANI): The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) on Tuesday has strongly condemned the murder of journalist Hasnain Shah and demanded of the authorities to immediately arrest and punish his killers.
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Ensure human rights of Chakmas, Hajongs are protected: NHRC to Arunachal g
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Ministry of Home Affairs and Arunachal Pradesh to submit an action taken report within six weeks against racial profiling and relocation of the 'Chakmas' and 'Hajongs' from the State and directe
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Pak's silence on blogger's murder plot, raises questions on its stand on h
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 25 (ANI): Pakistan's deafening silence on the disclosers made in the UK Court in the case of the British-Pakistani man Muhammad Gohir Khan, charged for conspiring to kill Netherlands-based blogger and activist, Ahmad Waqass Goraya, has raised serious questions o
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Afghan girls must return to school: Former Prez Hamid Karzai
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 25 (ANI): Afghan girls must be allowed to go to schools when they reopen in March, said former Afghan President Hamid Karzai as he reiterated his resolute stand on the key issue of girls and women's education.
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Pakistan rights commission condemns killing of Lahore journalist
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 25 (ANI): Highlighting the failing "law-and-order situation" in the country, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Monday condemned the killing of a Lahore journalist.
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US' allies haven't danced to Washington's tune on Olympic boycott: Chinese
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 24 (ANI): As the villages for the Beijing Winter Olympic opened for pre-Games trials on Sunday, a Chinese state media report slammed the US on the issue of the Olympic boycott being staged by several countries over human rights issues in China.
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