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Billboard at Times Square calls attention to human rights abuses in Baloch
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], Sept 25 (ANI): A billboard urging the United Nations to help end human rights abuses in Balochistan was spotted at the iconic Times Square in New York, at a time when world leaders gathered in the city for the ongoing UNGA session.
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Tributes paid to Mahatma Gandhi at UNHRC to mark his 150th birth anniversa
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva (Switzerland), Sept 25 (ANI): To mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, a side event was held on Wednesday at UN office in Geneva during the 42nd session of the Human Rights Council.
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K'taka: Woman complaints of being stalked by Bengaluru Startup CEO after b
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Sept 25 (ANI): In a letter to the State Human Rights Commission, a woman has allegedly claimed that she is being stalked by Rahul Singh, CEO of a startup company here with whom she broke up after being repeatedly abused physically and verbally.
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India calls out Pakistan's misuse of UNHRC to peddle fabricated narrative
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 24 (ANI): India on Tuesday deplored the "repeated misuse" of the UNHRC platform by Pakistan to peddle its fabricated narrative on the Kashmir issue, and urged Pakistan to address the issue of gross human rights violation against ethnic minorities in Sindh, Balochis
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New York: Awareness campaign launched over human rights violation in Baloc
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept 24 (ANI): The World Baloch Organisation (WBO) has launched an awareness campaign in New York City to highlight the alarming human rights violation in Balochistan. This comes as world leaders gather in the city to attend the annual United Nations General Assembly session.
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Indonesia's president postpones vote to criminalise sex outside marriage
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], Sept 24 (ANI): Following the outcry from human rights groups worldwide, Indonesian President Joko Widodo has postponed a vote that could have criminalized consensual extramarital sex and effectively outlawed same-sex relations in the country.
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'Justice for Karachi' campaign to be launched ahead of Imran Khan's addres
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], Sept 24 (ANI): Ahead of Prime Minister Imran Khan's address at the United Nations General Assembly's session, US-based advocacy group, Voice of Karachi (VoK), said it will launch a major campaign to highlight the atrocities and gross human rights violation by Pakistan's state
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Geneva: Pak's Ahmadiyya Muslims allege persecution, demand justice at UN e
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 25 (ANI): The members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community from Pakistan have alleged persecution and demanded justice during a side event organised on the margins the 42nd session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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Geneva: Activists from Hong Kong, Xinjiang raise concerns over human right
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 21 (ANI): Activists from Hong Kong and Xinjiang shared a platform to raise their voice against human rights violations by China on the sidelines of the 42nd session of UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Friday.
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Geneva: Tibetan, Uighur flags unveiled at UNHRC, protestors call for 'just
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 20 (ANI): Experts and human rights activists on Friday unveiled the flags of Tibet and East Turkestan, also known as Uyghuristan, outside the headquarters of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) here and called for the return of the Buddhist spiritual lea
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Women’s rights activist who highlighted atrocities by Pak military escapes
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Sept 20 (ANI): In yet another example exposing Human Rights violation by Pakistan, Gulalai Ismail, a women’s rights activist who was accused of treason by Islamabad has escaped to America.
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Decision on J-K creating obstacles for Pak's continuous sponsorship of cro
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 20 (ANI): India slammed Pakistan during the ongoing 42nd session of the UN Human Rights Council for repeatedly misusing the international forums to peddle its narrative on Kashmir issue.
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