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Sri Lanka imposes nationwide social media blackout
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 3 (ANI): Sri Lanka government imposed a nationwide social media blackout after midnight on Sunday, April 3, according to an internet observatory.
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Sri Lanka: Emergency should not become pretext for rights violations, says
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 3 (ANI): A London based rights watchdog on Saturday warned the Sri Lankan government that the declaration of emergency in the island nation, in the name of public security, should not become a pretext for human rights violations.
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49th Session UNHRC: Afghan panel discusses impact of Taliban rule in Afgha
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 1 (ANI): An all-Afghan panel consisting of a scholar, former diplomat and young innovator at the 49th Session of the UN Human Rights Council discussed the human rights situation in Kabul after the Taliban takeover of the country in mid-August and expressed concern
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9 million people are at risk of famine in Afghanistan: UN Chief
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], April 1 (ANI): Highlighting the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday (local time) said that nine million people are at risk of famine in the troubled country.
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Beijing threatens reciprocal sanctions after US unveils visa curbs on Chin
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 23 (ANI): China has threatened the United States with retaliatory sanctions after Washington announced visa restrictions on officials over human rights violations in the country.
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Rights activist says no value of Sindhi life in Pakistan, pleads for justi
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 23 (ANI): Sindhi-American activist Fatima Gul on Tuesday highlighted the plight of Sindhi people in Pakistan and said there is no value of minority communities in the country as anyone can violate their rights, especially women.
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Uyghur woman in Xinjiang sentenced to 20-yr imprisonment for speaking to T
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 23 (ANI): A Uyghur woman has been sentenced to 20-year imprisonment for speaking to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his visit to China's Xinjiang region in 2012, said a media report citing the woman's husband.
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Human Rights body holds conference on atrocities, human rights violations
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 23 (ANI): Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD), a Netherland based international NGO organized a press conference focusing on the atrocities and human rights violations in Pakistan and China.
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Baloch human rights group hosts seminar to address Pakistan's atrocities i
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 23 (ANI): Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC) hosted a seminar titled, "The Baloch Lives Matter" during the 49th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva to highlight atrocities by Pakistan in Balochistan.
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Prominent Tibetan writer released after 13 years in China prison
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], March 22 (ANI): Prominent Tibetan writer and co-founder and editor of the first-ever Tibetan literary website 'Chomei' (Butter Lamp) Kunchok Tsephel has reportedly been released by Chinese authorities after a harrowing 13 years in prison.
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Pakistan: Demanding right to life seen as act of dissent
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 21 (ANI): Highlighting the human rights violations in the country, a Pakistan activist said that demanding the most basic right, the right to life, has become an act of dissent in the country.
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Zelenskyy warns of World War III, if talks with Russia fails
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], March 21 (ANI): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that if "negotiations" with Russian President Vladimir Putin fail then "that would mean that this is a third World War."
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