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Taiwanese activist jailed in China for 'subversion' returns home after fiv
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], April 16 (ANI): A Taiwanese rights activist, who served a five-year jail term for "subversion" in China, returned to Taiwan on Friday, expressed concerns regarding human rights violations in China, according to a media report.
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After protests by rights groups, Saudi Arabia halts deportation of four Uy
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], April 15 (ANI): After worldwide protests by human rights groups, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday halted the deportation of four Uyghur individuals to China, which included a woman and her 13-year-old daughter.
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China says US Human Rights report reveals hypocrisy, double standards
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 15 (ANI): Chinese Foreign Ministry on Wednesday rejected the annual human rights report released by the US Department of State, saying that the document reveals the "hypocrisy and double standards" of the Americans.
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Afghanistan: EU Parliament Member asks Taliban to lift ban on girls' educa
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 14 (ANI): Taking a grim view of the ongoing human rights violations in Afghanistan, Hannah Neuman, a German member of the European Parliament, called for urgent measures to lift the ban on the exclusion of the girls from the schools.
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Cases of enforced disappearances continue unabated in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 13 (ANI): Cases of disappearances, especially from ethnic minority areas continue unabated in Pakistan with a commission recording a total of 158 missing persons for the year 2022.
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Blinken says China continues to commit human rights abuses in Xinjiang
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 13 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has accused China of committing gross human rights violations, particularly in the Xinjiang region, in a speech on the annual human rights report released on Tuesday.
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US accuses Russia of human rights violations in annual report
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 13 (ANI): The United States slammed Russia over alleged human rights violations, the State Department said in its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices on Tuesday.
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China's human rights violations force Tibetans to attempt self-immolations
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], April 12 (ANI): As Tibetans continue to face the human rights violations under Chinese President Xi Jinping's policies, they feel that there is no other option left to deal with the situation but resort to self-immolation, according to a report.
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CCP attempting to erase memories of Tiananmen Square massacre: Report
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 9 (ANI): Asserting that the recollection of the Tiananmen Sqaure massacre still haunts the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), a media report said that the party is making attempts to erase the memory of the ruthless political crackdown from public memory.
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EU monitoring human rights violations in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Gilgit
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 7 (ANI): The European Union on Wednesday (local time) said that it is monitoring the human rights violations in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan.
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Blasphemy laws taking its toll on Pakistanis
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 5 (ANI): The mixing of state and religion in Pakistan has provided a dangerous cocktail for Pakistan's population and the blasphemy laws are taking their toll on the people of Pakistan, reported a Canada-based thinktank, International Forum for Rights and Security
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Amit Shah slams opposition in LS, says need to worry about human rights of
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): Allaying concerns of opposition parties in Lok Sabha over human rights violations due to possible misuse of the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said they "worry about the rights of rapists and looters" and
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