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Human rights group condemns abduction of Farah Shaheen, a Christian minor
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Faisalabad [Pakistan], November 13 (ANI): Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) has condemned the abduction of another minor Christian girl by a middle-aged Muslim man in Faisalabad city of Punjab province in Pakistan.
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China used ETIM's designation as terrorist group for genocide of Uyghurs:
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], November 10 (ANI): The designation of East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) as a terrorist organisation was used by China as a pretense for the genocide of the Uyghurs and people have been falsely linked to the ETIM movement for expressing their ethnic identity and relig
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Human rights group hails acquittal of Pakistani Christian on death row for
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 8 (ANI): Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) hailed the Lahore High Court (LHC) verdict of acquitting Sawan Masih, a Christian man on death row from the last eight years.
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Pak-based rights group demands resumption of temple construction in Islama
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Faisalabad [Pakistan] July 18 (ANI): A Pakistan-based human rights organisation, Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) has demanded the resumption of temple construction in Islamabad, which was stopped by pressure from Islamists.
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Uyghur rights group urges UN to immediately strip China of its participato
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 9 (ANI): A Uyghur rights group has urged the United Nations to immediately strip Beijing of its participatory status at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and act swiftly to address the annihilation and atrocities committed against the religious minorities, resid
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Berlin conference calls for humanitarian intervention in Balochistan
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], Dec 15 (ANI): The Baloch human rights groups gathered in Berlin recently to accentuate the overlooked plight of the people of Balochistan in an attempt to induce the international community to play a more active role in bringing an end to the miseries of the Baloch.
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Human rights groups to hold joint conference on Balochistan in Berlin
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], Nov 15 (ANI): Three human rights groups working to protect and promote the rights of the Baloch people will jointly hold a one-day conference on the situation in Balochistan.
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Indonesia's president postpones vote to criminalise sex outside marriage
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], Sept 24 (ANI): Following the outcry from human rights groups worldwide, Indonesian President Joko Widodo has postponed a vote that could have criminalized consensual extramarital sex and effectively outlawed same-sex relations in the country.
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Human rights group urges Nepal govt to reconsider media-related bills
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Sept 4 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the Nepal government to reconsider the tough provisions stated in the bills related to media which were endorsed recently.
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After Nicki Minaj, human rights foundation asks 50 Cent, Tyga, others to c
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 19 (ANI): Singers Janet Jackson, 50 Cent, Chris Brown and others are facing the heat from the same human rights group which asked rapper Nicki Minaj to cancel her performance at the Jeddah World Fest in Saudi Arabia.
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Apple, Google urged to remove Saudi app that tracks, restricts women’s tra
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
California [USA], February 16 (ANI): Human rights groups and US senator Ron Wyden are asking Apple and Google chiefs to pull down an app from their respective app stores which reportedly tracks and controls the movement of women.
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Human Rights groups slams Macron as Egyptian Pres visits France
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Paris [France], October 24 (ANI): Human Rights groups urged French President Emmanuel Macron to end France's "disgraceful policies of indulgence" towards Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, ahead of a meeting between the two leaders in Paris.
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