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Speak to relatives of Baloch missing persons: Maryam Nawaz asks Pak PM
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 18 (ANI): Amid the growing atrocities against the minority communities of Pakistan, PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz has asked Prime Minister Imran Khan to speak to the relatives of the Baloch missing persons who are protesting in Islamabad against the various
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China will face repercussions for human rights abuses, says Biden
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 17 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Tuesday (local time) said that China will have to face repercussions over human rights abuses.
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UN expert urges actors with influence in Myanmar to prevent military from
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], February 17 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Tom Andrews issued a statement calling on all actors with influence in the country to convince the military to refrain from violence ahead of protests planned for Wednesday.
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UK PM says charges against Aung San Suu Kyi fabricated, clear violation of
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 16 (ANI): United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday termed the new charges filed against former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi by the police as "fabricated" and "a clear violation of human rights".
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Pakistan, France relations still 'poisoned' over Prophet Muhammad caricatu
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Paris [France], February 16 (ANI): Ties between Pakistan and France continue to remain "poisoned" even four months after the controversy over caricatures of the Prophet, which led to thousands of anti-French protestors rallying the streets of Pakistan against President Emmanuel Macron, repor
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Human rights group from Kashmir asks UN to probe mass graves in Gilgit, Ba
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], February 16 (ANI): In a bid to highlight the plight of minority communities in Pakistan, a human rights group from Kashmir has issued a memorandum calling on United Nations to look into the humanitarian crisis in Pakistan occupied Kashmir and probe the m
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Ajai Malhotra becomes first Indian chairperson of Advisory Committee at Hu
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 15 (ANI): Ajai Malhotra has become the first Indian to be elected as the Chairperson of the Advisory Committee of the Human Rights Council, said the Permanent Mission of India at United Nations, Geneva on Monday.
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EU urges China to reverse ban on BBC, says it violates Chinese constitutio
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], February 14 (ANI): Asserting that it is strongly committed to safeguarding media freedom, the European Union (EU) said China should reverse its ban on BBC World News as it violated both the Chinese constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Refugees from West Pakistan, PoK given domicile certificates in J-K: Amit
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 13 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said refugees from West Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) have been provided domicile certificates in Jammu and Kashmir.
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China, Russia pull out from UNHRC resolution on Myanmar
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 13 (ANI): China and Russia on Friday pulled out from a United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution on the situation in Myanmar following the military coup on February 1, reported NHK World.
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UNHRC adopts resolution calling for release of detained Myanmar political
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], February 13 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Friday adopted a resolution condemning the military coup in Myanmar and calling for the immediate and unconditional release of all persons arbitrarily detained in the country and the lifting of the state of
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Delhi HC issues notice to NHRC, Manipur govt in alleged 2009 extrajudicial
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 12 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on a plea challenging an order passed by it in September 2020 in a matter related to the alleged extrajudicial killing of two people by a combined force of Manipur Pol
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