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'Coronavirus being used by Pakistan as cover for increased human rights ab
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Brussels, [Belgium] May 18 (ANI): The coronavirus crisis, sweeping the world has been used by Pakistan as a cover for increased human rights abuses in many forms, says the EU Chronicle.
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Seven US Senators oppose position to China in UN Human Rights Council Cons
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 8 (ANI): Seven US Senators have written to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opposing the appointment of Jiang Duan, Minister of Chinese Mission in Geneva to the UN Human Rights Council Consultative Group and said that China should not occupy the position of
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ICJ urges UNHRC to act against China for coronavirus pandemic
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 4 (ANI): The International Council of Jurists (ICJ) has urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to act against China for committing grave offenses against humanity by spreading the lethal coronavirus across the world resulting in the death of thousan
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World Sindhi Congress urges UNHRC to hold Pakistan accountable for human r
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva (Switzerland), Mar 13 (ANI): Condemning Pakistan over enforced disappearances and persecution of minorities in Sindh, World Sindhi Congress on Wednesday urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to hold Pakistan government accountable for the violation of human rights o
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Pashtun, Baloch facing worst human rights crisis, says activists at UNHRC
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 11 (ANI): Political activists from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan have raised the issue of worsening human rights situation in their provinces by targeting the Pakistani Army during the 43rd session of UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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Don't need lessons from failed state: India lambasts Pak for raking up Kas
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 11 (ANI): India on Wednesday lambasted Pakistan for peddling its narrative on Kashmir at the United Nations Human Rights Council, remarking that the country "cannot mislead the international community" on the matter while continuing to use cross-border terrorism as
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Pakistan exposed at UNHRC for sponsoring, exporting terrorism
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 11 (ANI): A European think-tank has exposed Pakistan at UN Human Rights Council for sponsoring and exporting terrorism despite it facing strict regulations by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
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Pakistan violating human rights in PoK, Gilgit: activists at UNHRC
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 10 (ANI): Political activists from Pakistan occupied Kashmir have urged the UN Human Rights Council to protect their rights and save them from "Pakistan's oppression".
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Hazara minority facing persecution in Afghanistan, Pakistan: Activist
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 8(ANI): A human rights activist, belonging to the Hazara ethnic group, has demanded an urgent intervention by the international community to protect the minorities facing persecution in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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US-Taliban peace deal doesn't protect rights of Afghan people, European th
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 6 (ANI): The recently-signed peace deal between the United States and the Taliban does not secure the protection of the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of the Afghan people, said Soana Deunier, a Research Analyst at the European Foundation for
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Worsening human rights in PoK, Gilgit Baltistan raised at UN
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 6 (ANI): Political activists from Gilgit Baltistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) have raised the worsening human rights situation in the region during the 43rd session of United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Friday.
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India lambasts Pak for raking up Kashmir issue at UNHRC, raises worsening
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 4 (ANI): India on Wednesday lambasted Pakistan for raking up the Kashmir issue at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), and asked the country to rather work constructively and devote equal attention to protection and promotion of human rights of its own m
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