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UNHRC: Baloch activists accuse Pakistan of violating human rights in Baloc
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Geneva [Switzerland], March 19 (ANI): Baloch political activists have raised the issue of human rights violations in Pakistan's resource-rich Balochistan province by the state security agencies during the 46th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Thursday.
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Uyghur body backs EU sanctions on Chinese officials over rights abuses in
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Munich [Germany], March 18 (ANI): World Uyghur Congress President Dolkun Isa on Thursday lauded European Union's decision to sanction Chinese officials involved in the human rights abuses in the Xinjiang province.
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EU to slap sanctions on Chinese officials over rights abuses in Xinjiang:
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Brussels [Belgium], March 18 (ANI): European Union officials have approved sanctions on Chinese officials, who are accused of human rights abuses in Xinjiang province.
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NHRC issues notices after five persons die due to poisonous gas in septic
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New Delhi [India], March 18 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo-moto cognisance of a media report that said that five persons, including four from a family, died after inhaling poisonous gas inside an open septic tank in Fatehabad in Agra on March 16, 2021.
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Pakistan's hypocrisy on Sri Lanka's burqa ban exposed
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Colombo [Sri Lanka], March 18 (ANI): Pakistan's High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Saad Khattak, publicly intervened in the country's internal affairs, commenting on a ban on the wearing of the burqa and niqab in the country and the imposition of strict state regulation on unregulated Islamic s
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Over 200 people killed in Myanmar since Feb 1 coup: UN Rights Chief
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Yangon [Myanmar], March 18 (ANI): As violence continues to intensify in Myanmar with the military using deadly violence against anti-coup protesters, over 200 people have been killed since the takeover on February 1, said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to CNN.
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US Senator calls for partial boycott of Beijing Olympics over Uyghur 'geno
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Washington [US], March 17 (ANI): US Senator Mitt Romney has urged the Biden administration to partially boycott the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing over the reports of gross human rights violations against the Uyghur community in Xinjiang.
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Urdu Bulletin: Farmers' protest, rise in COVID-19 cases reported widely
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New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): Various Urdu newspapers in their Wednesday edition reported the farmers' appeal to United Nations Human Rights Council to interfere in the matter. Most publications also carried the news of surging cases of COVID-19 in the country.
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At least 149 people killed by Myanmar security forces since Feb: UN
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Geneva [Switzerland], March 16 (ANI): At least 149 people have been killed since the military coup in Myanmar in February as a result of actions by security forces, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani said on Tuesday.
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Pakistan muzzling voices of dissent in PoK, Gilgit Baltistan: Activist inf
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Geneva [Switzerland], March 16 (ANI): A Kashmiri political activist has urged the United Nations to take serious note on human rights violations in Pakistan occupied Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan during his intervention at the ongoing 46th Session of UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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Beijing intensifies attacks on foreign media, journalists: Report
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Beijing [China], March 16 (ANI): China's move to ban the broadcasting of BBC World News last month for reporting on human rights violations in Xinjiang has exemplified Beijing's escalating attacks on foreign media and journalists to curb independent coverage of its government.
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US needs to act more against China for human rights abuses against Uyghurs
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Washington [US], March 16 (ANI): Even though the US sanctions on China for numerous human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims are hurting the nation but more action needs to be taken by the Biden administration to further enhance the pressure on Beijing's increasing crackdown on ethnic mino
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