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Uyghurs urge International Olympic Committee to cancel Beijing 2022 Olympi
Updated : 5 years ago IST
London [UK], March 8 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress, a human rights group, has urged International Olympic Committee's ethics commission to personally make a ruling on a complaint the group filed to move the 2022 Winter Olympics from Beijing, The Hill reported.
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Rights group to hold online discussion on political freedom in Tibet, East
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 25 (ANI): A pro-Tibet group named Global Alliance For Tibet and Persecuted Minorities (GMPM) has scheduled a panel discussion on February 28 to highlight the ongoing human right abuses in Tibet, East Turkistan and Hong Kong.
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British Jews lead fight against China's crackdown on Uyghurs
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 19 (ANI): British Jewry's main human rights group lead the fight against the oppression and attempted "genocide" committed by China on its Uyghurs Muslim community.
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Human rights group from Kashmir asks UN to probe mass graves in Gilgit, Ba
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], February 16 (ANI): In a bid to highlight the plight of minority communities in Pakistan, a human rights group from Kashmir has issued a memorandum calling on United Nations to look into the humanitarian crisis in Pakistan occupied Kashmir and probe the m
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Human rights groups call for boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], February 7 (ANI): A coalition of 180 human rights groups has urged governments around the world to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympic Games slated for next year due to China's reported human rights abuses towards minorities.
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Pakistan: Human rights group condemns false accusation of blasphemy on Chr
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], February 5 (ANI): A human rights group has condemned the brutal attack and false accusation of blasphemy on Tabitha Nazir Gill, a Christian, gospel singer, and nurse at Sobhraj Maternity Hospital in Karachi.
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Myanmar rights group says at least 133 officials detained in military coup
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], February 5 (ANI): Myanmar's Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), a human rights group said on Thursday that 133 people in the country's leadership positions were detained in the military coup that took place earlier this week.
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Pakistani rights group joins hands with Taiwanese NGO to raise minority ri
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Faisalabad [Pakistan], January 30 (ANI): The Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP), a human rights group based in Faisalabad, has joined hands with the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD) to raise the issue of rights for minorities in Pakistan on international platforms.
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Human rights group demands justice for Christian girl killed in Pakistan
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Faisalabad [Pakistan], January 12 (ANI): A human rights group has demanded justice for Ishal Afzal, a Christian girl child, killed after abduction in Pakistan's Punjab province.
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Human rights group call for independent inquiry into death of Karima Baloc
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 24 (ANI): Human rights group based in Hong Kong has asked Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to initiate an independent inquiry into the abduction and mysterious death of 37-year-old Banuk Karima Baloch.
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South Asian human rights body slams Pak over forced conversion of Hindu gi
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 24 (ANI): In light of a 17-year old Hindu girl who died by suicide in October this year after she was allegedly raped last year, in Pakistan's Tharparkar district, a body of South Asian human rights groups has slammed Islamabad for unchecked forced conversion o
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Pakistani rights group demands justice for Sheeza Maqsood, a Christian gir
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 1 (ANI): Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP), a human rights group, condemned the abduction and demanded justice for 16-year-old Sheeza Maqsood, a Christian girl from Faisalabad who escaped kidnappers.
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