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Western nations urge China to release detained Uyghurs, Tibetans amid huma
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
A coalition of Western nations urged China to free all arbitrarily detained Uyghur Muslims and Tibetans and to allow independent human rights observers access to the regions for assessments.
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West Bengal: NHRC takes suo-motu cognizance, deputes observer for violence
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Accordingly, it has decided to depute the Director General (Investigation) of the Commission, as Special Human Rights Observer, to apprise first-hand information of recent incidents and to conduct an on-the-spot survey of West Bengal in consultation with the State Election Commission, SEC to
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Pakistan: Content against minorities in textbooks has increased, says repo
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) issued the "Human Rights Observer 2023", an annual fact sheet. The report covers five key issues impacting religious minorities including discrimination in the education system, the prevalence of forced faith conversions, abuse of blasphemy laws, the estab
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Pakistan: Human Rights Observer report highlights increase in content agai
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) on Thursday issued the "Human Rights Observer 2023", an annual fact sheet. The report covers five key issues impacting religious minorities including discrimination in the education system, the prevalence of forced faith conversions, abuse of blasphemy law
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UN chief concerned over new hijab rules for Afghan women
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 8 (ANI): UN chief Antonio Guterres aired his concerns about a recent decision by the Taliban to obligate Afghan women to cover head-to-toe, a decision that has led to severe criticism from human rights observers.
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Every second accused of blasphemy in Pakistan a Muslim, says report
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 8 (ANI): A report titled 'Human Rights Observer 2022' prepared by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has revealed that every second accused of blasphemy happened to be a Muslim.
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