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Cambodia slams US "Cambodia Democracy and Human Rights Act of 2022"
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], July 23 (ANI/Xinhua): The Senate of Cambodia on Saturday slammed the so-called "Cambodia Democracy and Human Rights Act of 2022" released by the United States recently, saying the bill contains biased, unfounded and prejudiced content.
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Missing Baloch people being executed by Pakistani security forces, says ac
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 19 (ANI): A human rights activist on Tuesday said that missing Baloch people are being executed in the custody of Pakistani security forces.
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'Non-Violence works': Tibetan human rights activist in veiled attack on Ch
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 24 (ANI): In a veiled attack on China, International Campaign for Tibet, Chairman Richard Gere who advocates for the human rights in Tibet said that irrespective of the time it takes someone to change its path and tread on the path of non-violence, it still works.
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Afghani child labourers increase in Iran since Taliban takeover
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 16 (ANI): The number of Afghan child labourers in Iran has surged 20 times since the Taliban assumed control of Afghanistan on 15 August 2021, claimed human rights activists cited by Iranian media.
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China vows to root out political opposition by arresting human rights acti
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 16 (ANI): In yet another escalation in China's crackdown on human rights, the country is violating the right of the detained activists accused of "subversion of state power" in carrying out the legal procedures to defend themselves.
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Humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan 'nowhere' near over: Human rights activ
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 4 (ANI): Associate women's rights director and former senior Afghanistan researcher at Human Rights Watch, Heather Barr, has said that the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan is nowhere near over.
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Pakistan effects deep cut in PoK budget, activist calls situation 'alarmin
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad [PoK], June 2 (ANI): Highlighting the plight of the people of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK), human rights activist and chairman of United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) Shaukat Ali Kashmiri said that the Pakistani government has cut the PoK development budget by Rs 2.
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Norwegian investigating Baloch disappearances in Pakistan brutally torture
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): A Norwegian national and Human Rights Activist Ehsan Arjemandi, who went to Pakistan to investigate a large number of enforced disappearances of Baloch people was arbitrarily detained and brutally tortured.
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Court takes cognizance of NIA chargesheet against Ex IPS Negi, others in L
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): A Special NIA Court on Friday took cognizance of a charge sheet filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) against Ex IPS officer Arvind Digvijay Negi and human rights activist Khurram Parvez and others arrested in connection with a case of leaking s
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Paris Keswani founder of New York-based non-profit organisation to assist
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI/GPRC): Paris Keswani, a philanthropist and human rights activist based in the United States, has partnered with the New York-based non-profit organisation Great Giving Charitable Foundation Inc to help impoverished children, displaced orphans, battered mothers,
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China targetting social media handles of Tibetan government-in-exile: Repo
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], April 20 (ANI): China is targetting the social media handles of the officials of the Tibetan government-in-exile and human rights activists in a bid to silence the voice raised against the Chinese occupation of Tibet, a media report said.
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Human rights activists urge US to stop imports of products made with force
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], April 10 (ANI): Human rights activists, labour leaders and others have urged the United States to cast a wide net to stop imports of products made with forced labour in China's Xinjiang region.
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