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World Sindhi Congress organises protest at UNHRC headquarters, demands hal
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The World Sindhi Congress (WSC), an organisation involved in Sindh rights advocacy organised a protest outside the United Nations Human Rights Council headquarters in Geneva, to highlight the atrocities of the Pakistan administration on the people of Sindh.
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UK grants asylum to Palestinian citizen of Israel, citing persecution conc
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The United Kingdom granted asylum to a Palestinian, who also held residentship of Israel, saying he would likely be persecuted if he returned, Al Jazeera reported on Wednesday.
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Baloch human rights activists urge UNHRC to intervene in deteriorating rig
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
A Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC) delegation, during the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), submitted a memorandum highlighting the deteriorating human rights situation in Balochistan and urging the international organisation to intervene.
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Shimla: Tibetan women-in-exile hold candle march marking 65th national wom
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Tibetan women including Buddhist students, monks and others gathered in the north Indian hill town of Shimla to mark the anniversary and also to remember the women who died during the 1959 women's uprising inside Tibet.
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Social audits fail to identify state-imposed forced labour: World Uyghur C
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The atrocities of China in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) were highlighted by 62 major human rights groups, stating that any audit will fail to comprehend the level of suppression that the Uyghur community faces in China, World Uyghur Congress stated in a press release
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Baloch activists raise 'anti-Pakistan' slogans at UNHRC in Geneva
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The Baloch National Movement (BNM) organized an 'anti-Pakistan protest' at the Broken Chair sculpture in Geneva during the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday.
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At Geneva, Baloch National movement seek urgent global support against rig
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The Baloch National Movement (BNM) highlighted Pakistan's human rights violations in Balochistan and demanded urgent action on the situation while seeking support from the international community.
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Human Rights Watch urges Pakistan's PM to strengthen democratic institutio
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
It said that the new Pakistani government should adopt an agenda that actively promotes and protects human rights, advances the rule of law, and strengthens democratic institutions.
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Pakistan: Report reveals 'worrisome' statistics on severe human rights abu
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
akistan's prominent human rights organisation, Baloch National Movement's human rights department, Paank, in their monthly report highlighted worrisome statistics about the human rights oppression in Pakistan.
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Negotiations on tariff cuts, investment chapter, human rights took time: N
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Norway Trade Minister Jan Christian Vestre hailed the India-EFTA free trade agreement signed on Sunday and said that issues like tariff cuts, included and excluded commodities; human rights clause and an investment chapter were among the major subjects of discussion.
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Pakistan: Mahrang Baloch urges human rights organisations to act after enf
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Prominent Baloch activist Mahrang Baloch expressed concern over another enforced disappearance of a Baloch student and urged human rights organisations to address the issue.
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Iran condemns UN's report on protest crackdown, calls it "false and biased
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Iran has condemned the United Nations report stating that Iran's violent crackdown in 2022 on peaceful protests and the specific targeting of women and girls were serious rights violations, many amounting to crimes against humanity, reported Al Jazeera.
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