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UN experts ask Hong Kong authorities to repeal national security law
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], July 27 (ANI): United Nations-backed human rights experts on Wednesday called on authorities in Hong Kong to repeal a national security law as it slammed China's tightening grip on the semi-autonomous region.
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Sri Lanka: UN experts sound alarm on economic crisis
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 21 (ANI): Greater support must be given to Sri Lanka as the country faces economic crisis and political turmoil, a group of UN human rights experts stated in an appeal to the international community.
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UN human rights experts urge US to ease freeze on Afghanistan assets
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 26 (ANI): Alarmed by the critical humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, independent UN human rights experts on Monday called for the United States to end its freeze on Afghanistan's foreign assets.
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Rights experts raise concerns over human rights violations in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 25 (ANI): Several human rights experts have raised their voices against the violation of rights in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime, especially against the minorities in the country.
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Sri Lanka: UN experts condemn crackdown on protests
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 9 (ANI): UN human rights experts have urged the Sri Lankan Government to guarantee the fundamental rights of peaceful assembly and of expression during peaceful protests, amid the country's severe economic crisis.
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CCP will utilize Beijing Olympics to whitewash genocide, say rights activi
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): A few days ahead of the Beijing Olympics, several Uyghur activists and human rights experts at a webinar argued that the Winter Games will implicitly approve of the rights violation of the Muslim minority community in China.
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Taliban trying to 'erase' women from public life, say UN experts
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 18 (ANI): A group of UN human rights experts warned on Monday that that large-scale and systematic gender-based discrimination and violence against women and girls has been ongoing since the Taliban took over the control of Afghanistan in mid-August in order to "
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Morocco's extradition of Uyghur asylum seeker to China could lead to serio
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], December 17 (ANI): Four UN independent human rights experts called on Thursday for Morocco to reverse its decision to extradite an Uyghur Muslim to China as his return would place him under threat of serious human rights violations.
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Iran death penalty threat for abortion unlawful: UN rights experts
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], November 17 (ANI): A new Iranian law that raises the prospect of the death penalty for abortion has been condemned by independent human rights experts, who have declared that is in "clear contravention of international law".
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Rights experts urge Singapore to halt execution of man with mental disabil
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 9 (ANI): A group of UN human rights experts appealed on Monday for Singapore to halt the execution of a Malaysian man who has intellectual disabilities.
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Arrest of pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong serious concern, says rights
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, October 13 (ANI): The arrest of Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and human rights defender Chow Hang-Tung, on charges of "incitement to subversion" and being a foreign agent, is a source of "deep concern", UN independent human rights experts said on Tuesday.
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Rights experts raise concern over arrest of Hong Kong activist Chow Hang-T
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 13 (ANI): A group of independent human rights experts on Tuesday expressed concern about the arrest of Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and woman human rights defender Chow Hang-Tung, on charges of "incitement to subversion" and being a foreign agent.
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