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UKPNP chief urges UN rights panel to put pressure on Pakistan to release G
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 28 (ANI): Exiled Chairman United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri at the 45th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council urged the council to put pressure on Pakistan for the immediate and unconditional release of all
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Construction of dams in PoK, GB by Pakistan, China are illegal, says activ
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Geneva [Switzerland], September 28 (ANI): A political activist from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir lambasted Pakistan and China, at the 45th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, for constructing mega-dams in the occupied territories.
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Issue of illegal arrest, torture of activist who removed Pakistani flag in
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 28 (ANI): Exiled political leaders from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) have raised the issue of abduction, torture, and harassment of activists and journalists by Pakistani agencies at the illegally occupied region during the ongoing 45th Session of UN Human
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Armenia lodges request with ECHR against Azerbaijan
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Strasbourg [France], September 28 (ANI): Armenia on Sunday (local time) lodged a request with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to take action against Azerbaijan to halt military operations targeting civilians in Nagorno-Karabakh, the country's representative at the court said.
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NHRC notice to Union home and health secretaries over quarantine centres a
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New Delhi (India) September 27 (ANI): Acting on a petition that cites the "plight of inmates at quarantine centres and COVID-19 hospitals", besides attack on journalists and whistle-blowers, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the secretaries of the Home Ministr
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Western nations rebuke China at UNHRC over human rights violations in Xinj
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 27 (ANI): Amid the growing concerns over ongoing human rights violation in Xinjiang and Hong Kong, the Western countries together slammed China and called for the restoration of the basic legal rights in the two regions.
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Allow 'meaningful access' to Xinjiang for independent observers: EU calls
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Geneva [Switzerland], September 26 (ANI): European Union has called on China to allow meaningful access to Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region for independent observers, including for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
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Balochistan suffering a severe humanitarian crisis, activist told UN
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Geneva [Switzerland], September 25 (ANI): A Baloch political activist has told the United Nations that Balochistan is suffering a severe humanitarian crisis, having been in the throes of a ruthless genocidal conflict for the past two decades.
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Baloch and Sindhis protest outside UN against Pakistan's human rights viol
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Geneva [Switzerland], September 25 (ANI): The Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC) and the World Sindhi Congress (WSC) held a joint protest outside the UN building at the Broken Chair in Geneva during the 45th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) against the institutional
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Don't need lessons from Pakistan which is known as "nursery and epicenter
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Geneva [Switzerland], September 25 (ANI): India on Friday gave a befitting reply to Pakistan at the 45th Session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations saying that the world doesn’t need lessons on human rights from a country which has been known as "nursery and epicenter
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UN must intervene to protect minorities from persecution in Pakistan, asks
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Geneva [Switzerland], September 25 (ANI): A rights activist from Pakistan, Anila Gulzar has requested the United Nations to intervene and protect the rights of minorities in Pakistan as they have been facing persecution for the past seven decades.
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Terrorists exploiting financial, emotional distress caused by COVID-19 loc
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New Delhi [India], September 25 (ANI): Due to widespread COVID-19, terrorists are making malevolent attempts to exploit the financial and emotional distress caused by lockdowns to disturb the cohesiveness of societies, India said at the 45th session of Human Rights Council.
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