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Taliban responsible for defending all Afghans: UN
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 7 (ANI): Amid an increasing number of attacks and Friday's explosion in the west of Kabul, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett urged Taliban officials to take responsibility to ensure the Afghan people's safety.
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China invites Turkey to visit Xinjiang after Bachelet's failed investigati
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 7 (ANI): Two months after the UN Human Rights chief Michelle Bachelet visited Xinjiang in China with reports that Bachelet's visit was tampered with and that she was not allowed to speak on detainment of Uyghurs, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is now inviting Turkey
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Taliban urges US to recognize Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 7 (ANI): Taliban on Saturday urged the US to recognize the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan: Economic crisis underlies mass hunger
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 6 (ANI): Afghanistan's humanitarian crisis cannot be effectively addressed unless the US and other governments ease restrictions on the country's banking sector to facilitate legitimate economic activity and humanitarian aid, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.
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Rights bodies condemn Sri Lanka's violent crackdown on protesters
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 6 (ANI): As many as 13 organizations have condemned the Sri Lankan authorities' violent crackdown and increasing reprisals against peaceful protesters in the island country.
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Repressive policies impelled 'great exodus' in China since Xi's take over
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, August 5 (ANI): Since Xi Jinping became President of China in 2013, human rights activists or anyone who supports and echoes democracy has been constantly targeted by the government, while suppression of ethnic minorities has become the new normal.
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China uses intimidation tactics against Pelosi's visit to Taiwan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], August 4 (ANI): Mere rumours of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan way ahead of her actually landing in the island nation triggered a plethora of harsh rhetoric and threats from the Chinese side.
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Pak activists hold protest rally against attack on Baloch woman, demand im
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Quetta [Pakistan], August 4 (ANI): Baloch activists in Pakistan on Thursday held a protest rally in front of the Balochistan Governor's house in Quetta against a murderous attack on a Baloch woman Zahra Baloch, demanding an immediate and liable enquiry committee to investigate the matter.
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Human rights violations of Tibetan women calls for global attention
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], August 4 (ANI): In China's occupied Tibet, human rights situation of women has worsened over time as they comprise a sizeable number among the political prisoners who are arrested for various crimes which include participation in a demonstration against the Communist ideology
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Pakistan human rights body concerned over human trafficking
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 4 (ANI): Raising concern over the country's human rights situation especially for women, Pakistan Human Rights Commission believed that developing comprehensive anti-trafficking legislation and National Action Plan will not make difference until they are implemen
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Beirut port blast: Two years on, Lebanon still awaits justice
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], August 4 (ANI): Two years on, Human rights experts continue to call for an international investigation into 2020 Beirut explosion, a powerful blast caused by a stockpile of ammonium nitrate in a port warehouse, that occurred on 4 August 2020 and killed more than 200 people
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Press freedom increasingly under threat in Cambodia: UN report
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 3 (ANI): Journalists in Cambodia are increasingly being subjected to various forms of harassment and pressure, as well as violence, a report published by the UN Human Rights Office said on Wednesday, amid growing restrictions on civic space and press freedoms in
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