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UK-based media outlet calls on EU to suspend Pak's favoured trading status
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], April 27 (ANI): On the grounds of continued human rights abuses in Pakistan, a London-based media outlet is set to host a program calling out for suspension of Pakistan's favoured GSP+ trading status with the European Commission which was approved by the EU parliament in April 2
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UK CCTV monitor grills govt to clarify position on Hikvision engaged in Xi
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], April 26 (ANI): The monitor overseeing the British government's use of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras has asked the UK government to clarify its positions on buying surveillance cameras from controversial tech company Hikvision implicated for its involvement with the C
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Taliban commander who tortured Afghans killed by Afghanistan resistance gr
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 23 (ANI): A Taliban commander, Qari Nusratullah who had been torturing people in various provinces of Afghanistan for several months has been killed in a targeted operation of the anti-Taliban group, National Liberation Front, local media reported.
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China's support for Myanmar shows its preference for abusive, autocratic g
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 22 (ANI): China's support for Myanmar despite human rights abuses by the Junta and the supply of weapons to its military via Pakistan shows Beijing's continued preference for doing business with abusive and autocratic governments across the world.
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US places visa restrictions on 635 Russian nationals, 3 officials
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States is imposing visa restrictions on 635 Russian nationals for alleged activities that threaten Ukraine as well as on three Russian officials for purported involvement in human rights abuses in Donbas, the Treasury Department said on Wed
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Philippines slams US human rights report as 'baseless'
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], April 15 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines on Friday demanded the United States to provide details of human rights abuses allegedly committed by Philippine security forces, slamming its human rights report for churning out baseless allegations.
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US report blames China of undermining Hong Kong's autonomy
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 14 (ANI): US State Department report on human rights abuses blamed China for undermining Hong Kong's autonomy.
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US State Dept report paints grim picture of human rights abuses in Pakista
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 14 (ANI): Citing numerous cases of extrajudicial killings, suppression of media freedom and highlighting 'pervasive corruption' in politics and the government, the US State Department report painted a grim picture of human rights abuses in Pakistan.
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NCP's Sharad Pawar questions silence of Rajnath, Jaishankar over Blinken's
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 14 (ANI): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar on Wednesday questioned the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for not rebutting United State Secretary of State Antony Blinken's remarks on 'human rig
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Blinken says China continues to commit human rights abuses in Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 13 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has accused China of committing gross human rights violations, particularly in the Xinjiang region, in a speech on the annual human rights report released on Tuesday.
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Systematic Uyghur genocide depicts human rights abuses against ethnic mino
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 11 (ANI): The systematic Uyghur genocide by Chinese authorities in Xinjiang characterizes the human rights abuses committed by China against Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minorities, said a media report.
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Iran sanctions 24 Americans over terrorism, human rights abuse
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], April 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Iran's Foreign Ministry published a list of 24 former senior US officials and other US citizens sanctioned over their involvement in terrorist acts and gross violations of human rights.
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