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UK's 'Uyghur Tribunal' begins to investigate atrocities in Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 4 (ANI): A panel of Britain-based lawyers and rights experts examining human rights violations and reports of genocide in China's Xinjiang region began hearing in London on Thursday.
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India abstained on resolution at UNHRC to set up Commission of Inquiry on
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 28 (ANI): India has abstained on resolution at UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to set up Commission of Inquiry on human rights violation in occupied Palestinian territory including East Jerusalem and in Israel, said Indian envoy to United Nations (Geneva), Indra Man
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Tibetan rights group highlights oppression, destruction by China in Tibet
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 26 (ANI): Researchers from the Central Tibetan Administration highlighted China's systematic violations of human rights and destruction of culture and natural environment in Tibet since 1950.
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China seeks to 'Sinicise' Tibetan religion, calls for crackdown on 'separa
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], May 23 (ANI): Despite international condemnation over human rights violations by Beijing in Tibet, the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) top official in Lhasa called for greater stress on Chinese elements in religion and a crackdown on 'separatism' in the region.
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Almaty: Kazakhs protesting for over 100 days against their relatives' dete
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Almaty [Kazakhstan], May 20 (ANI): The relatives of Kazakh people, who have been detained in "re-education camps" in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang, have been protesting for over 100 days in the city of Almaty in Kazakhstan.
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Nancy Pelosi calls for 'Diplomatic Boycott' of 2022 Winter Olympics in Bei
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 19 (ANI): US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called for a "diplomatic boycott" of the Winter Olympics that are scheduled to take place in Beijing next year, over the human rights violations of Uyghurs in China.
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NHRC issues reminder to notice sent to Centre over human rights violation
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday issued a reminder of the notice issued to the Union Home Secretary and Union Health Secretary over the human rights violations in COVID-19 treatment, disposal of dead bodies, quarantine centers, attack on
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Noted Myanmar anti-coup activist dies after being set ablaze by unidentifi
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], May 16 (ANI): Amid human rights violations in military-ruled Myanmar, a noted Myanmarese poet, philanthropist and veteran politician died after he was set ablaze by an unidentified man. This is being seen as another act perpetrated by the junta's security forces in the c
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UN members ask China to give 'unfettered' access to Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 13 (ANI): A group of United Nations members has asked China to grant "immediate, meaningful and unfettered access" for the group's human rights chief to Xinjiang to inspect human rights abuses of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities.
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Xinjiang birth rate fell nearly half in two years after Chinese crackdown:
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], May 13 (ANI): The birth rate across the Xinjiang region fell by nearly half in the two years after China adopted "coercive and intrusive policing of reproduction processes", according to new research.
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Time for businesses in Myanmar to take stand on rights violations: UN expe
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 13 (ANI): A group of UN experts on Wednesday (local time) called on businesses in Myanmar to uphold their human rights responsibilities and put pressure on the military junta to halt grave human rights violations.
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US sanctions Chinese official over human rights violations
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 13 (ANI): The US Department of State on Wednesday (local time) sanctioned a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official over human rights violations, including the arbitrary detention of a Falun Gong practitioners.
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