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Dissident voices emerge from China
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Xinjiang, a region dominated by Uyghur Muslims, is experiencing serious human rights abuses where locals are ill-treated, women are violated and activists are picked up and jailed.
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Diplomats visiting Xinjiang urged to speak with 'strong voice' on behalf o
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
On April 27, Ma Xingrui, the Communist party secretary for the Xinjiang region, met with consul generals from Brazil, Nepal, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Turkey in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, on a visit to the invitation of the Chinese government. "Some
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British Parliamentarians, activists attend int'l conference on 'Growing Ex
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Conference titled "Growing Extremism and Violence in South Asia and How it will Affect Britain and South Asia" which was organized on Tuesday, unanimously agreed upon and declared several points related to security and peace in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and South Asia.
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Death in Tihar Jail: NHRC issues notices to Delhi Chief Secretary, Directo
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued notices to the Delhi Chief Secretary and the Director General of Prisons over the alleged killing of an under-trial prisoner by other inmates in Tihar jail.
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Afghans demand access to education and work for girls, women
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Afghans have demanded that girls and women be granted access to education and work in the country. This comes amid an ongoing international meeting of the UN in Doha, TOLO News reported.
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NHRC issues notice to Delhi Govt over stopping food to shelter home in Niz
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) took suo motu cognizance of a media report on the plight of inmates of a Delhi Government Shelter Home in the Nizamuddin area.
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Kashmir getting ready to showcase its beauty to G20 delegates
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Around 50 delegates are expected to participate in the G-20 meeting in Srinagar, which will allow India to refute Pakistan's claims of human rights violations in the Kashmir Valley.
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Pakistan defeated GSP+ purpose, benefits under serious threat
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Pakistan has defeated the purpose of GSP+ not only with regard to human and labour rights, but also in bringing equity in society at the cost of EU citizens and the government, reported Geo-politik.
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Afghanistan: Security Council condemns Taliban's ban on women working for
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Since the Taliban takeover in July 2021, it has rolled back a wide range of human rights of women and girls, including a ban on attending high school and university, restrictions on movement and work, and in December, a decree banning female nationals from working from most NGOs.
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533 Pakistanis were killed in terror attacks in 2022: Human rights report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In the flagship annual report on the state of human rights in the country, the data revealed that most of the cases of disappearance are from Balochistan (2115) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (3369).
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UN rights body calls for end of hostilities in residential areas of Sudan
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Thursday raised concerns over the ongoing violence in Sudan and said that the hostilities should end from the residential areas of Sudan.
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China has military-civil fusion strategy, advanced technologies can be use
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Amid US efforts to clamp down on China's access to advanced technologies that could be used for military purposes, a senior Biden administration official has said that Beijing has a "military-civil fusion strategy" which makes it very difficult for companies to know end users and really adva
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