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Incidents like Minar-e-Pakistan create difficulty in bringing justice to v
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] November 15 (ANI): Victim-blaming mindset and social stigma attached with reporting incidents such as the Minar-e-Pakistan incident where a woman was allegedly assaulted by hundreds of men on Independence Day, often weaken the authenticity and progress of other cases whe
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Taliban arrest two persons suspected of killing female activists in Afghan
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 6 (ANI): Two suspects have been arrested by the Taliban in the murder of four female activists in the Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif in the northern Balkh province, reported Sputnik.
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Election posters with Tibetan flag put up outside Chinese embassy in Denma
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Copenhagen [Denmark], October 29 (ANI): China has condemned and expressed anger after election posters depicting the Tibetan flag were placed outside its embassy in Denmark, Euro News reported.
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Turkish Opposition says Erdogan's move to expel 10 Envoys linked to domest
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tankara [Turkey], October 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's decision to declare personae non grata ambassadors of 10 countries that have called on Ankara to release human rights activist Osman Kavala is designed to justify Turkey's economic crisis, main opposition Re
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Turkey's Erdogan orders to expel envoys of 10 countries including US
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], October 24 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said he had told his foreign ministry to expel the ambassadors of the United States and nine other Western countries for calling to release human rights activist Osman Kavala.
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Taliban isolated, silenced female population in Afghanistan and left them
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], October 14 (ANI): With the Taliban back at the helm in Afghanistan and the country's humanitarian and economic crises deepening, many Afghans are living in fear, especially women and minority groups. Despite the group's claim to be more moderate, reports of violence by Taliban f
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Pakistani Karen claiming to be 'human rights activist' caught bullying foo
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], October 7 (ANI): A female customer at Okra Test Kitchen in Karachi who claimed herself to be a "human rights activist" was caught bullying its staff after she was asked to show a COVID-19 vaccination certificate that has been made mandatory by the Pakistan government.
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Human rights activists call on China to release Uyghur scholar
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 26 (ANI): Human rights activists on Thursday called on China to release Uyghur scholar, who has been sentenced seven years ago to life in prison for "separatism," for raising voice against discrimination against Uyghurs in northwest China's Xinjiang region, accordi
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Pakistan resisting International commitments on blasphemy laws
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 22 (ANI): The increasing cases of blasphemy registered in Pakistan continues to be a cause of concern for human rights activists who have repeatedly highlighted the practice and urged world bodies, including the EU to take note of the issue, which has worsened
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Taliban whip rights activist for participating in Kabul protest
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] September 13 (ANI): Human Rights activist Habibullah Farzad was beaten brutally by the Taliban last Wednesday for participating in a protest held by women in Kabul.
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PIL on filling of NHRC vacancies, SC says plea infructuous now after appoi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday said and noted that the PIL filed by top court lawyer and human rights activist, Radhakanta Tripathy, is now infructuous since the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairperson has already been appointed (Justice Arun
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EU asks member states to offer safe legal pathways out of Afghanistan for
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], August 26 (ANI/Sputnik): EU member states should come up with safe legal pathways for people who are particularly at risk, such as female judges and human rights activists, to travel from militant-controlled Afghanistan to Europe, Eric Mamer, the chief spokesman for the E
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