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Ahead of Khan-Trump meet, campaign on Balochistan's enforced disappearance
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 20 (ANI): Just a few days before Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's meeting with US President Donald Trump, the World Baloch Organisation and the Baloch Republican Party have launched an awareness campaign on the enforced disappearances in Balochistan.
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US lawmakers urge Trump to raise Pak's human rights abuse issue during mee
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [USA], July 20 (ANI): Ten US lawmakers have written to US President Donald Trump, urging him to raise the issue of human rights abuses in Pakistan's Sindh -- including enforced disappearances -- during his upcoming meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan here.
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Baloch organisations use reverse graffiti to protest against human rights
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], Jun 13 (ANI): Baloch activists from the World Baloch Organisation (WBO) and the Baloch Republican Party (BRP) organised reverse-graffiti protests (also called 'clean graffiti') in various spots around the London city centre in the early hours of Thursday.
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N Korea denounces US' statement on human rights abuses
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], May 12 (ANI): North Korea on Saturday came down heavily on the recent statement made by the US on human rights abuses in the reclusive state, claiming it was "nothing but a sophistry" and an attempt to "tarnish" Pyongyang's image.
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US slaps sanctions on 3 North Korean officials
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 11 (ANI): The United States Treasury Department on Monday imposed sanctions against three North Korean officials for alleged human rights abuses and carrying out censorship activities in the reclusive nation.
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Canadian MP flags human right abuses against Sindhis in Pakistan
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], Aug 13 (ANI) Canadian politician, Tom Kmiec, has raised concerns over persecution of Sindhis in Pakistan and named Pakistani security agencies for human rights abuses against them.
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Rohingya crisis: UNSC seeks investigation into human rights abuses
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanamar], May 3 (ANI): The United Nation Security Council (UNSC) team has asked the Myanmar government to conduct a proper investigation into alleged human rights abuses in northern Rakhine State.
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WBO launches human rights awareness campaign in Geneva
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 01 (ANI): The World Baloch Organisation (WBO) has launched its human rights awareness campaign in Geneva with trams and buses carrying advertisements highlighting the human rights abuses by Pakistan in Balochistan.
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Trump, Moon agree to address human rights abuses in N Korea
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Feb. 03 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump and his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in spoke over the phone on Friday and agreed to address the human rights violations in North Korea.
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US Congressman flags concern over rights violations in Karachi
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Jan 20 (ANI): United States Congressman Tom Garrett a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee has expressed his concern over gross human rights abuses against ethnic Mohajirs in Karachi.
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Slogans of freedom reverberate at JSMM rally in Sindh
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Sann (Sindh) [Pakistan], January 17 (ANI): Paying tribute to scholar ideologue, and founder of Sindhudesh Movement Ghulam Murtaza Shah Syed, also known as G. M. Syed on his 114th birth anniversary, the Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM) organised a massive rally where they demanded freedom
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WBO intensifies #FreeBalochistan campaign in New York
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New York City (New York) [USA], Dec 31 (ANI): The World Baloch Organisation (WBO) has established billboards, carrying the slogan '#FreeBalochistan from human rights abuses by Pakistan,' across the iconic Times Square, here.
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