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Pakistan uses terrorism as a 'weapon and blackmailing tool': Activists on
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Nov 26 (ANI): Demanding embargo on Pakistan for sponsoring terrorism, human rights activists on Tuesday said Islamabad uses terror as a "weapon and blackmailing tool".
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26/11: Activists gather outside Pak Embassy in Tokyo, demand capital punis
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Nov 26 (ANI): Paying tributes to the victims of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, several human right activists on Tuesday demonstrated outside the premises of Pakistan Embassy here demanding capital punishment for Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind behind the deadly attacks that had k
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China summons US Envoy to protest against Hong Kong Democracy Bill
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Nov26 (ANI): China's foreign ministry summoned US Ambassador to Beijing Terry Branstad on Monday to lodge a protest against the passing of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act 2019 in the Congress saying it amounted to interference in a Chinese internal matter. Read More
Germany urges China to allow UN officials to Xinjiang
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], Nov 25 (ANI): Germany on Monday called on China to provide access to the UN human rights commissioner and international experts to Xinjiang province amid surfacing of evidence proving Chinese authorities inflicting atrocities on minorities Muslims community in the region.
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Pakistani court grants conditional bail to Gulalai Ismail's father
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], Nov 25 (ANI): A Pakistani court on Monday granted conditional bail to Human right activist Gulalai Ismail's father, Professor Muhammad Ismail.
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Kerala: Devotees 'beaten up' during 'Theyyam' ritual, SHRC seeks report
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kasaragod (Kerala)[India], Nov 24 (ANI): Kerala State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) on Sunday registered suo moto case based on a video which went viral on social media in which a 'Theyyam' was chasing and beating up devotees here.
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6 killed, 158 wounded in anti-gov't protests in southern Iraq
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Nov 24 (ANI): At least six people were killed and some 158 others sustained injuries in anti-government protests in southern provinces of Basra and Dhi Qar on Sunday, the Iraqi Independent High Commission for Human Rights (IHCHR) had said.
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Sarpanch's death: SAD President urges NHRC to direct police to take family
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Nov 23 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday urged the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to direct the police officials to record the statement of the family members of slain former Akali Sarpanch Dalbir Singh Dhilwan.
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How human-rights activist Idris Khattak went 'missing' in Pakistan
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], Nov 23 (ANI) : November 13, on the Islamabad-Peshawar motorway. It is around five o'clock in the afternoon, there's a long queue at the toll plaza. The man and his driver are stuck in the queue like many others.
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ICJ asks Pakistan authorities to file FIR in Idris Khattak abduction case
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan), Nov 22 (ANI): International Commission for Jurists (ICJ) has asked Pakistan authorities to immediately lodge an FIR and investigate the matter of abduction Human Right activist Idris Khattak
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US Congress passes Hong Kong human rights bill
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Nov 21 (ANI): The US House of Representatives on Wednesday (local time) passed a pair of bills related to Hong Kong, a move that is likely to deteriorate already strained ties between US and China.
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China summons US embassy official over Senate passing of Hong Kong Human R
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Nov 21 (ANI): Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu on Wednesday summoned William Klein, acting charge d'affaires of the U.S. Embassy in China, to lodge "stern representations and strong protest" against U.S. Senate's passing of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act
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