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China in tight spot after UN report confirms human rights violations in Xi
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 25 (ANI): Beijing is facing a difficult situation after the UN Special Rapporteur stated that China is involved in the suppression of the minority Uyghur Muslim population in Xinjiang.
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Activists highlight plight of man thrown out of his Muzaffarabad house by
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad [PoK], August 24 (ANI): Abbas Butt, chairman of the Kashmir National Party, in a virtual interaction with human rights activist Shabir Choudhry highlighted the plight of Malik Waseem whose family was forcibly evicted from his house in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (P
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"Pak military establishment transformed country into prison-like system",
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], August 24 (ANI): Pakistani human rights activist Sanna Ejaz said that the Pakistan Army has transformed the country into a prison-like system controlled by security authorities, with the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) playing a particularly central role in entrenc
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Make torture a crime: Rights group urges Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], August 24 (ANI): Pakistan's Senate should urgently pass a bill that would make torture a criminal offence, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.
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Pakistan's Human Rights Commission laments apathy of govt, opposition towa
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 23 (ANI): Lamenting the apathy of the Pakistan government and opposition towards flood devastations in the country, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) expressed grave concern at the loss of life and livelihoods wrought by floods across the country.
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Pakistan uses blasphemy laws to persecute its minorities
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 23 (ANI): The minorities in Pakistan are constantly being murdered and subjected to inhuman brutalities in the name of blasphemy, conversion to Islam and other sectarian differences.
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Pakistan's rights commission condemns persecution of minority Ahmadiyya co
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 21 (ANI): Rebuking the atrocities in Pakistan against its minority Ahmadiyya community, the country's Human Rights Commission on Saturday condemned the perpetuating violence and demanded justice.
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UN calls for release of Saudi woman sentenced to 34 years in prison for tw
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 20 (ANI): The UN human rights office, OHCHR, expressed outrage on Friday over a 34-year prison sentence handed down to a Saudi woman charged with aiding dissidents.
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11-year-old accidentally shoots dead another boy in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 19 (ANI): An 11-year-old boy accidentally killed his 10-year-old playmate in Afghanistan while playing with a Kalashnikov rifle recently in Afghanistan, local media reported.
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Human Rights Watchdogs appeals US to ban Taliban from traveling abroad
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 18 (ANI): In a report published on the first anniversary of the Taliban returning to power in Afghanistan, Human Rights Watchdog called on the US to ban the Taliban from travelling abroad.
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China seems graveyard for foreign envoys as 13 ambassadors died since 2000
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 17 (ANI): Amid several controversies, including stealing unclassified technologies from the US, burdening poor and vulnerable countries with loans as well as human rights violations, China is now battling with the latest accusation of being a graveyard for foreign env
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UN rights chief discusses Rohingya issue with civil society members in Ban
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 17 (ANI): UN rights human chief Michelle Bachelet met with a host of officials, civil society representatives and Rohingya refugees on Tuesday.
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