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Afghanistan: Wardak residents urge Taliban to reopen schools for girls abo
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 2 (ANI): As human rights violations across the war-torn country continue under the Taliban regime, residents of Wardak province of Afghanistan called on the organization to reopen the schools for girls above grade six.
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Rights activists stage protests in Taipei against Chinese aggression, urge
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], October 1 (ANI): Human rights activists staged a protest against Chinese aggression outside Taiwan's Legislative Yuan and urged the politicians to sign a petition safeguarding Taiwan's democracy and not surrender in case the island nation is attacked, media reports said.
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US-led global containment of China hastening process of its isolation
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 1 (ANI): Containment of China has become a priority for liberal democracies throughout the world because of the Asian giant's dismal track record of human rights and its apparent threat to the territorial sovereignties of its neighbours among others, as well as appre
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Ammonia leakage in meat factory: NHRC issues notice to UP DGP, Aligarh DM;
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued notices to the Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) and the Aligarh District Magistrate (DM), over the reported negligence in the ammonia gas leak at a meat factory causing illness t
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UN official condemns Kabul blast, urges to stop int'l crime
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 30 (ANI): UN special rapporteur for Afghan Human Rights, Richard Bennett condemned the blast in the western Kabul area of Afghanistan and urged to stop international crimes.
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Rights group condemns Pakistan for backing brutal Chinese regime in Tibet
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], September 30 (ANI): The Global Alliance for Tibet and Persecuted Minorities, a UK-based rights group condemned Pakistan and China-puppet countries for supporting China over human rights violations in Tibet, Hong Kong and Xinjiang.
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At UNHRC, Dutch group raises issue of fixing blame on China for Xinjiang g
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 30 (ANI): Netherlands-based group, the European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS) has raised in the UNHRC, the issue of Uyghurs, the ethnic Muslim minorities in Xinjiang, and pushed to attribute blame on Chinese government authorities for human rig
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US envoy calls for 'serious' national political dialogue in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 30 (ANI): US special envoy for Afghanistan Thomas West has called for a 'serious' national political dialogue in Afghanistan as the people continue to take the strain of Taliban atrocities and human rights violations in the country.
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UP: NCPCR seeks response of administration over dog bites to children in G
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): Taking cognizance of the complaint of Advocate Vishnu Kumar Gupta, a human rights activist on the issue of rising incidents of Dog bites on children, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has sought responses from Municipal Com
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Myanmar deposed leader San Suu Kyi gets 3 years jail
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], September 29 (ANI): A special Myanmar military court on Thursday sentenced the country's deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi and members of her economic team to three years in jail.
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Afghan women face social, economic deprivation under Taliban rule
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 29 (ANI): Amid the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan, the situation of Afghan women continues to deteriorate as they are denied their fundamental freedoms and rights under the Taliban rule, said the Charge d'Affaires of the Afghan Permanent Mission to the UN, Nasee
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China's representative to UN invites people to visit Xinjiang over human r
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 28 (ANI): Concerned over the impact of the recent report of United Nations Human Rights on China's treatment of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region on the country's economy, the permanent representative to the UN Office in Geneva invited peop
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