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Pakistan: Chinese national arrested for raping minor girl for months
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 16 (ANI): Amid grim human rights situation in Pakistan, a Chinese national was arrested for sexually assaulting and threatening a minor girl continuously for several months.
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Over 2,000 child abuse cases registered in Pakistan during past six months
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 13 (ANI): More than 2,000 cases of child abuse were registered in Pakistan during the past six months, highlighting the grim situation of human rights in the country.
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Taiwan calls for Dalai Lama's visit to Taipei during celebrations of Tibet
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], September 3 (ANI): Taiwan Parliament Group along with other rights groups has called for the Dalai Lama's visit to Taipei over the human rights situation in Tibet.
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UN rights chief slams Israel's failure to grant visas for staff in West Ba
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 30 (ANI/Sputnik): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday denounced Israel's refusal to issue or extend visas for UN staff to monitor the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory.
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Future of women and girls in Afghanistan 'bleak', warn UN experts
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 13 (ANI): UN experts on Friday called on the international community yet again to restore the declining human rights situation in Afghanistan and warned that the future of the country is bleak for its women and girls.
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Pakistan: Seminary teacher held for assaulting minor boy
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 13 (ANI): Amid the worsened human rights situation in Pakistan, a local seminary teacher was arrested for allegedly molesting a student, local media reported on Saturday citing a police official.
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Amnesty asks Pakistan to stop crackdown on protests against enforced disap
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 12 (ANI): Amnesty International on Thursday called upon Pakistani authorities to immediately end their crackdown on peaceful protests by families seeking justice for the enforced disappearance of their loved ones, and said that enforced disappearance is a serious vio
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Human rights violations of Tibetan women calls for global attention
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], August 4 (ANI): In China's occupied Tibet, human rights situation of women has worsened over time as they comprise a sizeable number among the political prisoners who are arrested for various crimes which include participation in a demonstration against the Communist ideology
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Pakistan human rights body concerned over human trafficking
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 4 (ANI): Raising concern over the country's human rights situation especially for women, Pakistan Human Rights Commission believed that developing comprehensive anti-trafficking legislation and National Action Plan will not make difference until they are implemen
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Executions in Myanmar show junta's contempt for democratic aspirations: G7
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 29 (ANI): The Group of Seven (G7) nations have condemned the execution of democracy activists in Myanmar as they expressed deep concern about the political, and human rights situation in the country.
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China's image declines due debt-trap policy, human rights issues
Updated : 3 years, 8 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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What's happening in Taliban-led Afghanistan? UN report explains
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 21 (ANI): The United Nations mission in Afghanistan on Thursday released a report outlining the human rights situation prevailing in Afghanistan over the 10 months since the Taliban takeover.
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