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UN: Stop weapons supply to Myanmar, rights expert urges
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 23 (ANI): Weapons exports to the military rulers in Myanmar by the UN Member States must stop, the UN independent expert on the human rights situation in the country said on Tuesday.
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Delegation of Tibetan parliament-in-exile meets RJD MP, discusses issues o
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 13 (ANI): A delegation of Tibetan parliament-in-exile has met Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Amarendra Dhari Singh who raised the Tibetians issue in Parliament, and discussed the worsening human rights situation in the country by China.
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Members of Tibetan community in Australia urge world to boycott Beijing Wi
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Sydney [Australia], February 3 (ANI): Members of the Tibetan community in Australia staged a protest rally against the human rights situation inside Tibet while urging the International arena to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics.
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Australian energy firm Woodside to withdraw from Myanmar
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Perth [Australia], January 27 (ANI): Major Australian energy company Woodside has decided to withdraw from its interests in Myanmar, citing the deteriorating human rights situation in the country.
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Taliban denies Human Rights Watch report characterizing human rights situa
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 15 (ANI): The Taliban on Friday denied Human Rights Watch (HRW) report that characterized the human rights situation in Afghanistan as a "crisis" and said that the situation has become better compared to the previous years in the country.
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Activists demand release of political prisoners in Pakistan, PoK, Gilgit B
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Rawalpindi [Pakistan], December 11 (ANI): Political and human rights activists from Pakistan, Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit Baltistan have expressed grave concern about the worsening human rights situation in the country and occupied regions.
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Appalled by alarming escalation of rights abuses in Myanmar: UN
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 11 (ANI): More than 10 months since Myanmar's military seized power, the country's human rights situation is deepening on an unprecedented scale, the UN rights office, OHCHR, has warned.
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UN rights chief describes 'disastrous' human rights situation across occup
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 8 (ANI): The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, said on Tuesday that the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory has become "disastrous", with severe infringements affecting some four million people.
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Tibetan representative at UN forum highlights ongoing rights situation in
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 8 (ANI): The Tibet Bureau in Geneva attended the UN forum on minority issues to underline the ongoing human rights situation in Tibet, and called on China to address grievances faced by Tibetans.
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Lithuania confirms diplomatic boycott of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Vilnius [Lithuania], December 3 (ANI): Lithuania on Friday confirmed diplomatic boycott of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics amid concerns over the human rights situation in China.
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Taliban's lack of accountability makes clear need for continued UN scrutin
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 1 (ANI): The Taliban's claims that they will prevent abuses and hold abusers to account appears nothing more than a "public relations stunt" so far, said a US-based rights group, adding that the lack of accountability makes clear the need for continued UN scrutiny of
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UK's parliamentary group report pulls apart Islamabad's complicity, culpab
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], November 30 (ANI): The United Kingdom's All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Pakistani Minorities has severely criticized the role of Islamabad in a steadily deteriorating human rights situation of minorities in the country.
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