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Community-based human rights defenders felicitated on Human Rights Day
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 13 (ANI/Heylin Spark): On the eve of Human Rights Day, ActionAid Association felicitated community-based human rights defenders from across the country.
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On Human Rights Day, China placed lawyers, activists under house arrest
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 12 (ANI): Chinese authorities targeted dissidents, rights lawyers and activists and their families by putting them under house arrest, round-the-clock surveillance and restrictions on their children's school attendance on Human Rights Day, a media report said.
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Over 1,800 Tibetans detained in Chinese prisons: Human rights organization
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Dharmashala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], December 12 (ANI): The Dharamshala-based Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) launched an online database of Tibetan political prisoners on Human Rights Day, and said that 1,809 people are currently detained in Chinese prisons.
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Beijing targets activists on International Human Rights Day
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 11 (ANI): As the world observed the International Human Rights Day on Friday, Beijing on the other hand targeted a rights lawyer and his activist wife.
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'Human Rights Focus Pakistan' raises concerns over violation of minority r
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Faisalabad [Pakistan], December 11 (ANI): Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) on Friday raised issues concerned with human rights violations of minorities in Pakistan, marking International Human Rights Day.
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Members of civil society, minority groups in Pakistan's Sindh province hol
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], December 11 (ANI): Civil Society organisations and members of minority communities in Pakistan's Sindh province held rallies against 'forced conversion' to mark the occasion of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Day and demanded that the government to enact and eff
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Sindhis in Pakistan hold rallies against `forced' conversions on Human Rig
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad [Pakistan], December 11 (ANI): Human rights activists and members of the minority communities organised protest rallies in different cities in Pakistan's Sindh province to mark International Human Rights Day on Friday.
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US imposes sanctions on China, Myanmar for human rights abuses
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 9 (ANI): The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on dozens of people and entities in China, Myanmar, while blacklisting a Chinese artificial intelligence company for human rights abuses marking International Human Rights Day.
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Human Rights Day: Activists hold protests demanding Pakistan protect its m
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Vienna/ Hague [Austria/Netherlands], December 11 (ANI): Political activists held protests on the occasion of International Human Rights Day in different parts of the world demanding that Pakistan should protect its minorities.
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UNHRC asks Pakistan to not discourage victims of enforced disappearance fr
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 11 (ANI): On World Human Rights Day, a group of UN experts called on Pakistan to halt the approval of an amendment to a bill criminalizing enforced disappearances that would harshly penalise families and other sources for reporting alleged cases.
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Human Rights Day: Activists in Bangladesh raise concerns over human rights
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 11 (ANI): On World Human Rights Day, activists and NGOs in Bangladesh raised serious concerns over the human rights violations in China, Pakistan and other parts of the world.
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US designates 12 officials including 4 Chinese for gross human rights viol
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 11 (ANI): The US on Friday (local time) designated 12 officials for their involvement in gross violations of human rights, including four Chinese officials on the occasion of Human Rights Day for arbitrary detention of Uyghurs.
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