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Human Rights Watch calls on UN to hold Myanmar military accountable for hu
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 19 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch on Friday, called upon the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to act against the Myanmar military's human rights abuses by imposing economic sanctions and preventing the flow of weapons.
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Reform Sri Lanka's draconian abortion law, says rights group
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 10 (ANI): Raising concerns about the restrictive abortion laws of the country, the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said the government should move promptly to reform the law and go further to uphold women's equal rights by allowing all-woman access to abortio
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Taliban threatening provincial media in Afghanistan, says rights group
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], March 8 (ANI): The Taliban authorities have carried out far-reaching censorship and violence against Afghan media in district and provincial centres, drastically limiting critical reporting in Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday.
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Afghanistan: Rights group raises concern over door-to-door searches by Tal
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 4 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has raised concern about the house searches being conducted by the Taliban in a number of provinces in Afghanistan.
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Pakistan unable to stop crimes against women: Report
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 2 (ANI): Amid the increasing radicalisation of its youths, especially men, Pakistan's institutional mechanisms are proving to be incapable of stopping crimes against women, a report said on Wednesday.
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Rights group raises concern about Pakistan's 'draconian' cyber law
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], March 1 (ANI): The Pakistan government's amendment to its cybercrimes act is the latest in a concerted campaign to restrict freedom of expression and stifle dissent, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.
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Censorship mars Beijing Olympics, says rights group
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], February 18 (ANI): Chinese government censorship seriously marred the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Friday and added that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and corporate sponsors have not spoken out about the government's human rights r
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China: Imprisoned Tibetan monk's health in peril
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], February 9 (ANI): The Chinese government should immediately and unconditionally release the imprisoned Tibetan monk and religious philosopher Go Sherab Gyatso, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday.
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Sri Lankan govt misusing Prevention of Terrorism Act against Tamil, Muslim
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], February 8 (ANI): The Sri Lankan government is using the discredited Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) to commit prolonged arbitrary detention and torture, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released on Monday.
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Amnesty's report on Israeli 'apartheid' causes strong reactions
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], February 7 (ANI): An Amnesty International report released last week stating that the Israeli state governed Palestinians in "a system of oppression and domination which met the international definition of apartheid", caused a strong reaction from many sides, which accused
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Imran Khan turns blind eye to Uyghur Muslim suppression in China, says Pak
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 7 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has turned blind eye to the accusations of West and rights groups against China over suppressing Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang as he supported Beijing on Xinjiang issue on Sunday and the leader also backed the communi
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Peng Shuai's dinner with IOC President is China's attempt to mask its ugly
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], January 30 (ANI): Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai -- who had posted a sexual assault complaint on social media against a top Chinese official -- appeared before the world after rights groups and countries cited the possibility of her being targetted by Bejing. The silence of
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