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Joe Biden, Xi Jinping to hold virtual meeting on Monday
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 15 (ANI): The high-stakes meeting between US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will be held virtually on Monday (local time), the first-ever interaction between the two leaders since the former assumed office.
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'Human rights must not be forgotten amid China's climate change promises'
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 14 (ANI): The ignorance of the ongoing genocide of humanity by the Chinese Communist Party in China's Xinjiang where millions of Uyghurs live, undermines the goals of creating a tradeoff between climate goals and human rights, cites an opinion piece in a US newspape
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Olympics sponsors in spotlight as Beijing Winter Games loom
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 14 (ANI): Ahead of the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has raised concern about the event, saying the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) major corporate sponsors should "explain" how they are using their leverage to address human rights abuse
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Woman film director who fled Afghanistan urges world to push Taliban to ac
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], November 13 (ANI): Afghan female film director Sahraa Karimi urged the international community to not recognize the Taliban easily and to push the group to accept some conditions of a democratic society.
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OIC falling for Islamabad's false narrative on Kashmir, says PoK activist
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Glasgow [UK], November 13 (ANI): A Kashmiri political activist has lambasted the visit of a delegation of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) this week.
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Belarus-Poland crisis: UN urges all parties to respect human rights
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 13 (ANI): Amid growing concerns about the plight of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers at the Poland-Belarus border, the UN rights office and UN refugee agency on Friday urged all parties to respect human rights and refrain from using them for political ends.
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Russia does not see any progress on prisoners exchange with US
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia does not see any progress on the prisoners exchange with the United States after the July summit held by Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Joe Biden, in Geneva; the Russian Foreign Ministry's Commissioner for Human Rig
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Conviction of US journalist symbolic of media repression in Myanmar: UN ri
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 13 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has urged authorities in Myanmar to immediately release all journalists who have been jailed for practising their profession.
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Taliban continue crack down on Human Rights defenders
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 12 (ANI): Despite the Taliban promise to provide 'general amnesty' to all including Human Rights defenders, social activists, journalists, employees of the former Afghan government and also the ones who worked for American led NATO establishments, reports coming
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Human Rights Watch calls on UN, World Bank to address Afghanistan's crumbl
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 11 (ANI): Human Rights Watch called on UN and World Bank to address Afghanistan's collapsed economy and broken banking system to prevent widespread famine.
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Blinken to meet Qatar officials on Friday to discuss issues of mutual conc
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 11 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will welcome Qatar's officials in Washington this week to discuss a range of issues of mutual concern, including defense cooperation, regional stability, and human rights, the State Department said.
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EU raises concern about worsening rights situation in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], November 10 (ANI): The European Union has raised concern over the worsening human rights situation in Pakistan, especially the safety of minorities, women and journalists. This has even put Pakistan's preferred trade status with Europe in question.
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