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Olympics sponsors in spotlight as Beijing Winter Games loom
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 14 (ANI): Ahead of the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has raised concern about the event, saying the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) major corporate sponsors should "explain" how they are using their leverage to address human rights abuse
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Human Rights Watch calls on UN, World Bank to address Afghanistan's crumbl
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 11 (ANI): Human Rights Watch called on UN and World Bank to address Afghanistan's collapsed economy and broken banking system to prevent widespread famine.
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US expresses concern about deteriorating health of Chinese journalist Zhan
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 9 (ANI): The United States on Monday expressed deep concern about the deteriorating health condition of Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan, who was wrongfully imprisoned for reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic in the city of Wuhan in early 2020.
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Taliban bars women from operating as aid workers in Afghanistan: Human Rig
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 6 (ANI): Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said that the Taliban has prohibited Afghan women from "operating as aid workers," which is preventing the desperately needed lifesaving aid from reaching Afghans, reported a local media.
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Human rights group asks China to release activist Zhang Zhan
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 5 (ANI): Human Rights Watch on Friday asked China to immediately and unconditionally release activist Zhang Zhan, who was wrongfully imprisoned for reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic in the city of Wuhan in early 2020.
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Human Rights Watch says Taliban forcibly displacing Hazara Shias, Taliban
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 25 (ANI): Human Rights Watch (HRW) said that Taliban officials have forcibly displaced Hazara Shia communities and distributed their land to their supporters, but the Taliban have rejected these claims, a media report said.
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Taliban forcibly evict minority Shia in Afghanistan: HRW
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 22 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday said that Taliban officials in several provinces across Afghanistan have forcibly displaced residents partly to distribute land to their own supporters.
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Police allegedly use excessive force on protesters, target activists in Ne
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 18 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday asked Nepali authorities should independently investigate allegations that police in Rupandehi district used excessive force during an eviction drive on October 10, killing four protesters, and injuring dozens.
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Taliban abuses cause widespread fear in Afghanistan: Human Rights Watch
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 23 (ANI): The Taliban in Afghanistan's western city of Herat are committing widespread and serious human rights violations against women and girls, a new report has revealed.
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Kazakhstan: Researcher on Xinjiang crimes banned
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], September 9 (ANI): Kazakh authorities have banned a Russian-American researcher from the country for five years in apparent efforts to stymie his work documenting abuses of ethnic minorities in neighboring China, according to a rights group.
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Humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan needs urgent response: HRW
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 5 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said foreign donors should take immediate action to ensure that necessary aid reaches Afghans facing hunger and collapsing health services after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
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Rescue at-risk Afghans, evacuation needs more time: Human Rights Watch
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 25 (ANI): As the US is about to conclude large-scale airlift operations from Afghanistan, thousands of Afghans fearing persecution are waiting outside Kabul airport, hoping to be evacuated from the war-ravaged country.
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