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UK to link Pakistan aid with human rights
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London [UK], June 4 (ANI): UK bilateral aid spending in Pakistan has dramatically decreased since 2016, said a British Foreign Office report that linked the dwindling British assistance with human rights issues.
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China's attempts to stifle voices on Tiananmen Square Massacre anniversary
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Beijing [China], June 3 (ANI): The Hong Kong Catholic Social Communications Office, the communications department of the Diocese of Hong Kong, announced on May 24 that there will be no memorial Mass on the Tiananmen massacre's 33rd anniversary.
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Pakistan effects deep cut in PoK budget, activist calls situation 'alarmin
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Muzaffarabad [PoK], June 2 (ANI): Highlighting the plight of the people of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK), human rights activist and chairman of United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) Shaukat Ali Kashmiri said that the Pakistani government has cut the PoK development budget by Rs 2.
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Tiananmen Square's 'Pillar of Shame' statue replica to be unveiled in Taiw
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Taipei [Taiwan], June 1 (ANI): A three-meter tall replica of the "Pillar of Shame" statue honouring the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident will be unveiled at a commemorative vigil in Taiwan on Saturday evening, local media reported.
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Taliban crackdown on journalists continues, another Afghan scribe disappea
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Washington DC [US], May 31 (ANI): Raising concerns about the increasing human rights issues in Afghanistan, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said the Taliban must investigate the disappearance of journalist Ali Akbar Khairkhah and ensure that local officials allow female journa
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Pakistan's water crisis to cause interprovincial rivalry, deteriorate huma
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Islamabad [Pakistan], May 30 (ANI): The severe water crisis in Pakistan may create fissures between the two major coalition partners -- Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) --and can further deteriorate the human rights situation in Balochistan.
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Xinjiang Police Files: Global brands fret over reputational, commercial lo
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Beijing [China], May 29 (ANI): The release of Xinjiang Police Files, which shows the extent and extremely repressive nature of China's mass internment policies in East Turkistan, has made the companies that source cotton from the region in China rethink their supply chains.
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Chinese Minister says China's human rights protection will be aligned to n
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Beijing [China], May 29 (ANI): Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu on Saturday said that no one can claim perfection for human rights protection and China will follow that path on the issue which suits its national "conditions".
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US slams China for 'restricting, manipulating' UN human rights chief's vis
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Washington [US], May 29 (ANI): The United States on Sunday expressed concern over Beijing's efforts to restrict and manipulate the visit of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet and her team to China that "did not enable a complete and independent assessment of the human
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Pro Uyghur group slams UN rights chief's Xinjiang visit
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Munich [Germany], May 29 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has expressed its serious disappointment in the outcomes of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet's visit to China, including a trip to Xinjiang.
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UN's rights chief faces flak as she concludes China visit
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Guangzhou [China], May 29 (ANI): United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Saturday wrapped up her six-day China visit amid widespread criticism after she said this trip was "not an investigation" but insisted she spoke with "candour" during her meetings with Chi
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Human Rights film festival held in the Netherlands
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The Hague [Netherlands], May 20 (ANI): A Human Rights film festival was held in The Hague in the Netherlands on May 19 providing an oppurtunity for filmmakers and attendees, to shed light on human rights issues across the globe, through the language of films.
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