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Pashtun activists protest outside UN office in Geneva against genocide by
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 3 (ANI): Pashtun activists held a massive demonstration against Pakistan Army's genocide in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA (tribal areas) at the Broken Chair during the ongoing session of UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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Billboards reading 'Stop Human Rights Abuse of Pashtuns by Pakistan Army'
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Feb 26 (ANI): Billboards have been put up across Geneva informing about an exposition on "Stop Human Rights Abuse of Pashtuns by Pakistan Army".
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US imposes sanctions on Sri Lankan Army Chief over human rights violations
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C [US], Feb 15 (ANI): The US on Friday (local time) said it has imposed sanctions on Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, current Commander of the Sri Lanka Army for his involvement in gross violations of human rights during the final phase of Sri Lanka's civil war in 2009.
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Experts urge Pak to stop using terrorists as instruments of foreign and do
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 7 (ANI): Experts and human rights activists from South Asia raised concerns over Pakistan's military using extremist terror groups as instruments of foreign and domestic policy.
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China attempting to erase its own citizens' faiths, cultures through repre
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 29 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Saturday slammed China's ruling Communist Party for ill-treatment of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang and people in Tibet Autonomous Region, saying that Beijing is attempting to erase its own citizens' faiths and cultures t
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N Korea slams US official's remarks on human rights violations in country
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Dec 21 (Sputnik/ANI): The US' accusations of human rights violations in North Korea only "pour oil over burning fire" and will aggravate the situation in the peninsula, a spokesperson for the North Korean Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
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South Korea: Baloch activists hold protest in Busan against Pak Army-led a
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Busan [South Korea], Dec 10 (ANI): Members of Baloch Republican Party (BRP) and Baloch Republican Students Organization (BRSO) held a protest in the South Korean city of Busan on Tuesday against the gross human rights violations committed by the Pakistani Army in Balochistan.
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Leaked docs confirm China committing Human Rights Violations, in Xinjiang
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 27 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Tuesday (local time) said that the recently leaked documents over the high-security prison camps in the far western region of Xinjiang confirmed China's human rights violations against Uighurs Muslims.
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US imposes sanctions on Cuba's interior Minister for involvement in gross
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Nov 17 (ANI): US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo has announced that the country is imposing sanctions on Cuban Interior Minister Julio Ceaser Gandarilla Bermejo for involvement in "gross human rights violations in Venezuela."
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US imposes visa restrictions against Chinese govt officials over abuse of
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], Oct 9 (ANI): The United States on Tuesday (local time) introduced visa restrictions against Chinese government and Communist Party officials over human rights violations in the country's Xinjiang region.
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US adds 28 Chinese entities to trade blacklist over abuses in Xinjiang
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Oct 8 (ANI): The US Commerce Department on Monday said it had added 28 Chinese organisations to a United States blacklist over concerns about their role in human rights violations, effectively blocking those entities from buying American products.
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31st International Conference on Sindh held in London
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Sept 29 (ANI): The World Sindhi Congress (WSC) on Saturday hosted an international conference on Sindh in London, where the participants highlighted issues such as enforced disappearances of activists, human rights violations and forced conversion of religious minorities in P
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