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Freedom long walk for Sindh's human rights kicks off in Canada
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], May 30 (ANI): The Freedom Long Walk for Sindh's human rights, climate change and environmental justice has kicked off in Canada. The protest march will take place from Toronto to Ottawa, covering 424 kilometres.
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Former Sri Lanka PM to summon before Human Rights Commission regarding att
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 29 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has decided to call former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to obtain a statement regarding the attacks on protesters at Galle Face and Temple Trees in Colombo on May 9 and the subsequent unrest.
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Xinjiang Police Files: Global brands fret over reputational, commercial lo
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], May 29 (ANI): The release of Xinjiang Police Files, which shows the extent and extremely repressive nature of China's mass internment policies in East Turkistan, has made the companies that source cotton from the region in China rethink their supply chains.
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Pakistan Army lodges FIR against Mazari's daughter for 'defaming' Gen Bajw
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 29 (ANI): Pakistan Army has lodged an FIR against Imaan Mazari, daughter of Pakistan's former human rights minister Shireen Mazari, for "abusing and defaming" the army and Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa.
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Chinese Minister says China's human rights protection will be aligned to n
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], May 29 (ANI): Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu on Saturday said that no one can claim perfection for human rights protection and China will follow that path on the issue which suits its national "conditions".
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US slams China for 'restricting, manipulating' UN human rights chief's vis
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 29 (ANI): The United States on Sunday expressed concern over Beijing's efforts to restrict and manipulate the visit of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet and her team to China that "did not enable a complete and independent assessment of the human
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Rights group let down after Bachelet hands out 'political victory' to Chin
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 29 (ANI): The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) has expressed disappointment with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet's visit to China, saying this trip has given a "political victory" to the Communist regime.
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Hong Kong's incoming leader heads to China for official nod
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, May 29 (ANI): Hong Kong's next leader John Lee is set to visit China, where he is likely to get the government's official approval and meet President Xi Jinping, media reports said on Saturday.
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UN welcomes Zambia's pledge to abolish death penalty
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 29 (ANI): Zambia's plan to abolish the death penalty adds to the growing global chorus against the practice, the UN Human Rights Office, OHCHR, said on Friday in welcoming the decision.
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Pro Uyghur group slams UN rights chief's Xinjiang visit
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Munich [Germany], May 29 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has expressed its serious disappointment in the outcomes of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet's visit to China, including a trip to Xinjiang.
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UN's rights chief faces flak as she concludes China visit
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Guangzhou [China], May 29 (ANI): United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Saturday wrapped up her six-day China visit amid widespread criticism after she said this trip was "not an investigation" but insisted she spoke with "candour" during her meetings with Chi
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Arrests of lawyers, activists, journalists under national security law in
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Guangzhou [China], May 28 (ANI): On the conclusion of her recent six-day trip to China, UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Saturday raised concern over the arrests of lawyers, activists and journalists under the so-called National Security Law in Hong Kong.
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