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UN calls for release of Saudi woman sentenced to 34 years in prison for tw
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 20 (ANI): The UN human rights office, OHCHR, expressed outrage on Friday over a 34-year prison sentence handed down to a Saudi woman charged with aiding dissidents.
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If Taliban hope to gain international acceptance, they must respect human
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 1 (ANI): The head of the US mission to Afghanistan, Ian McCary on Sunday said that the United States will continue to hold the Taliban accountable for the commitments they made so that Afghanistan does not become a safe haven for terrorists, including the Khorasan
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China's image declines due debt-trap policy, human rights issues
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal]/Islamabad [Pakistan], July 26 (ANI): China's image as a preferred investor in Asia have suffered due to policies leading to debt traps along with the human rights situation in the country.
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China, EU to hold trade talks amid tensions over Ukraine war
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 19 (ANI): China and the European Union are set to hold high-level talks on the economy and trade amid tensions over human rights issues in Xinjiang and the war in Ukraine.
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UKPNP holds demonstration in Geneva over human rights, security situation
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 25 (ANI): The members of the United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) led by Shaukat Ali Kashmiri on Friday staged a protest at the UN human rights head office in Geneva to highlight the atrocities being committed against the people of Pakistan Occupied Kashm
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UK to link Pakistan aid with human rights
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
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
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
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
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
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
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
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
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
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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Xinjiang Police Files: Global brands fret over reputational, commercial lo
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
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
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
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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