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Pak presence in rights council 'intolerable': UN-accredited NGO
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 8 (ANI): Pakistan's presence in the United Nations Human Rights Council is "intolerable" given its rights record, said Geneva-based NGO UN Watch, adding that religious minorities in the south Asian country suffer from discrimination, sectarian violence and forced co
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US, UK call for release of 'political prisoners' in Belarus
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States and the United Kingdom urged Belarus to release "political prisoners" and all those detained for participation in the anti-government demonstrations in the East European country, representatives of the US and the UK at the UN Human
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Election of countries like China, Pakistan will damage credibility of UNHR
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Glasglow [Scotland], October 14 (ANI): Slamming countries including Pakistan and China, Amjad Ayub Mirza, an activist from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) has said "world's worst human rights abusers" have been elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
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Nepal re-elected to UN Human Rights Council
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kathmandu (Nepal) [India], October 14 (ANI): Nepal has been re-elected as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) in the elections held at UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday, Nepal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.
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US slams UN for electing authoritarian regimes like China at UNHRC
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 14 (ANI): The United States Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, on Tuesday, slammed the United Nations for electing "authoritarian regimes" like China, Russia and Cuba into the UN Human Rights Council adding that the US' decision to withdraw from the council has be
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Balochistan's culture, identity in danger: Activist in UN
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland] October 2 (ANI): A Baloch political activist has told the United Nations that the culture, language and identity of Baloch people are in danger due to Pakistan's oppressive policies.
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Pakistan a death trap for journalists, human rights defenders,minorities:
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 30 (ANI): Slamming the "fabricated words" presented by Pakistan, India on Wednesday at the United Nations Human Rights Council highlighted that incessant efforts on its part to malign India in all international forums is not going to change the fact that hundr
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International community must unite to raise voice over Pak atrocities agai
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 29 (ANI): A community of European states that are represented at the United Nations must unite to raise their voices against Pakistan atrocities on Baloch people, German activist Madam Claudia Wadlich said on Friday.
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Activist urges UN to prevent ongoing 'genocide' in Balochistan by Pakistan
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 29 (ANI): Accusing Pakistan of conducting the worst forms of violence and persecution against the people of Balochistan, Chairperson Baloch People's Congress, Naela Quadri Baloch, has urged United Nations to intervene to prevent the ongoing "genocide" in the r
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UKPNP chief urges UN rights panel to put pressure on Pakistan to release G
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 28 (ANI): Exiled Chairman United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri at the 45th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council urged the council to put pressure on Pakistan for the immediate and unconditional release of all
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Construction of dams in PoK, GB by Pakistan, China are illegal, says activ
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 28 (ANI): A political activist from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir lambasted Pakistan and China, at the 45th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, for constructing mega-dams in the occupied territories.
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Issue of illegal arrest, torture of activist who removed Pakistani flag in
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 28 (ANI): Exiled political leaders from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) have raised the issue of abduction, torture, and harassment of activists and journalists by Pakistani agencies at the illegally occupied region during the ongoing 45th Session of UN Human
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