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Freed Afghan warlord Zardad may punish those who helped jail him: Human Ri
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [United States], Dec.21 (ANI): Urging Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani to protect witnesses who are at risk of being victimised by one time warlord Farvadi Sarwar Zardad, Patricia Gossman, one of the witnesses who testified against him 15 years ago, has said in an article
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Security forces target Rohingya during vicious Myanmar scorched-earth camp
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Dec. 19 (ANI): New York based human rights watchdog Amnesty International has squarely blamed the Myanmar security forces for unlawful killings, multiple rapes and the burning down entire villages inhabited by Rohingyas.
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Myanmar military burned Rohingya villages, says Human Rights Watch
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], Dec. 13 (ANI): Human Rights Watch has claimed that the Myanmar military deliberately burned the houses of Rohingya, a Muslim minority in the Buddhist majority country.
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Human Rights Watch asks Afghan Govt for plan protecting Shia minority
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Nov. 22 (ANI): Human Rights Watch said Wednesday that the Afghan government should develop a security plan to better protect minority Shia during high-profile public events.
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In Nepal, 'scant progress on justice' as govts fail to deliver o
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York (United States), Nov. 19 (ANI): Even 10 years after signing of the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA), which brought an end to the civil war started by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) in 1996, successive Nepali governments have failed to deliver on its central human rights promi
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EU rights activists shocked over Waziristan market demolition as punishmen
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium]/Geneva [Switzerland], Nov. 6 (ANI): European Union human rights watchdogs and rights activists based in Brussels and Geneva have expressed shock and dismay over the Pakistan Army and local authorities move to dynamite and demolish the Al-Muhib market in the popular Rustam
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Human Rights Watch asks Bangladesh to end arbitrary and secret arrests
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [United States], Oct. 13 (ANI): Human Rights Watch said Wednesday that Bangladesh should immediately release three children of opposition leaders convicted of war crimes who have been illegally detained since August this year.
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Police is the most mistrusted institution in Pakistan, says HRW report
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept. 29 (ANI): A recent report prepared by Human Rights Watch (HRW) has highlighted that the whole institution of police in Pakistan is 'crooked' and needs drastic transformation.
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Human Rights Watch asks Pak to cease driving Afghan refugees away
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sept. 15 (ANI): Maintaining that Pakistan should extend legal residency status to Afghan refugees till the end of December next year, Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called on its authorities to cease "coercive measures and other abuses" that are driving t
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Charging Amnesty International with sedition is a big mistake, says Shashi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 22 (ANI): Congress Party MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday said that charging human rights watchdog Amnesty International with sedition is a big mistake.
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Human Rights Watch urges Sri Lanka for justice to killed ACF aid workers
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York, Aug. 1 (ANI): New York based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Sri Lankan Government to mete out justice in the killing of 17 aid workers of French charity, Action Against Hunger (ACF).
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NATO should strengthen civilian protection in Afghanistan: Human Rights Wa
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels, July 6 (ANI): Human Rights Watch today said that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member countries should endorse concrete measures to improve the protection of civilians in the conflict in Afghanistan.
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