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German Parliament to hold discussion on situation of Uyghurs in China's Xi
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], April 30 (ANI): In a bid to create pressure on China regarding human rights violations of the Uyghur community in the country, the German Parliament will hold a discussion on the situation of Uyghurs on Saturday.
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Human Rights Watch asks Pakistan to amend 'blood money' laws to deliver ju
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 28 (ANI): Highlighting the "severe miscarriage of justice" due to Pakistan's existing infamous "blood money" laws since 1990, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday called on the government to amend provisions of the criminal law that allow for murder and other s
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China using diplomatic leverage to target Uyghurs abroad
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 28 (ANI): China is using its diplomatic heft with countries in Central, West, and South Asia to hunt down and target Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities who have taken refuge abroad, a media report said.
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Uyghur internment camp survivors demonstrate outside UN office in Geneva
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 27 (ANI): Uyghur activists, many of whom are survivors of the internment camps set up by China in the Xinjiang region on Monday demonstrated for a week outside the United Nations compound in Geneva demanding a meeting with the UN human rights chief, a media report
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Rights experts raise concerns over human rights violations in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 25 (ANI): Several human rights experts have raised their voices against the violation of rights in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime, especially against the minorities in the country.
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Families of disappeared people in Balochistan seek tangible govt intervent
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Quetta [Balochistan], April 24 (ANI): Beleaguered families from Balochistan whose members have disappeared over the last many years due to action of the Pakistani security agencies, are demanding tangible government action on the issue than mere lip service by successive Prime Ministers.
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Taliban's prohibition on girls education departure from International law
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 20 (ANI): Taliban's announcement of closing secondary schools and high schools for girls is yet another departure by the regime from international law obligation which requires making secondary and higher education accessible to all.
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Pakistan National Assembly echoes with slogans against 'agenda' killings o
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 20 (ANI): Lawmakers from Balochistan on Tuesday raised slogans against the Former Prime Minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government and the security forces in the Pakistan National Assembly for carrying out 'agenda' killing of Baloch people.
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West's economic sanctions on Taliban won't reform outfit: Report
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 19 (ANI): The economic sanctions approach that the West has adopted towards the Taliban regime in Afghanistan after its takeover of Kabul in August last year is neither helping the humanitarian situation in the country nor will reform the outfit in its outlook on s
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Balochistan party boycotts Pakistan National Assembly over civilian killin
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Quetta [Balochistan], April 19 (ANI): In an embarrassement to newly-formed coalition government under Shehbaz Sharif government in Pakistan, the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) boycotted the National Assembly proceedings on Monday over the killings of civilians by security forces i
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UNHRC special rapporteur to investigate human rights violations in Afghani
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 17 (ANI): The newly appointed United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) special rapporteur on Afghanistan said on Sunday that he will closely examine allegations of torture, disappearances, killings of former government employees and detentions under the Taliban
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Pakistani forces compel Baloch drivers to march through desert: Report
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 16 (ANI): Pakistani forces allegedly forced several drivers from the ethnic minority areas of Balochistan to abandon their vehicles and march through the desert to their homes in the Chagai district near the border with Afghanistan, local media reported.
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