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UK-based media outlet calls on EU to suspend Pak's favoured trading status
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], April 27 (ANI): On the grounds of continued human rights abuses in Pakistan, a London-based media outlet is set to host a program calling out for suspension of Pakistan's favoured GSP+ trading status with the European Commission which was approved by the EU parliament in April 2
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UK CCTV monitor grills govt to clarify position on Hikvision engaged in Xi
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], April 26 (ANI): The monitor overseeing the British government's use of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras has asked the UK government to clarify its positions on buying surveillance cameras from controversial tech company Hikvision implicated for its involvement with the C
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UN human rights experts urge US to ease freeze on Afghanistan assets
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 26 (ANI): Alarmed by the critical humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, independent UN human rights experts on Monday called for the United States to end its freeze on Afghanistan's foreign assets.
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UN special envoy stresses importance to ensure protection, human rights fo
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 26 (ANI): Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Mette Knudsen, met members of Hazara and Shia communities and stressed the importance to ensure protection and human rights for all people in Afghanistan.
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USCIRF 'penetrated' by anti-India pan Islamist groups: Report
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 25 (ANI): The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is slated to publish its annual report on international religious freedom on April 25 but some key influential officials of the USCIRF have been seen on the platforms of IAMC, an Islamist group,
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Rights experts raise concerns over human rights violations in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 25 (ANI): Several human rights experts have raised their voices against the violation of rights in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime, especially against the minorities in the country.
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Afghanistan: UNICEF expresses concern over violence on children
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 24 (ANI): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concerns over the series of attacks that led to the deaths of over 50 boys and girls, calling it a "grave rights violations" in Afghanistan.
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Families of disappeared people in Balochistan seek tangible govt intervent
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Quetta [Balochistan], April 24 (ANI): Beleaguered families from Balochistan whose members have disappeared over the last many years due to action of the Pakistani security agencies, are demanding tangible government action on the issue than mere lip service by successive Prime Ministers.
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UN Rights body to seek probe in Afghanistan attacks
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 24 (ANI): Stressing the protection of Afghans' human rights, the newly appointed United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) special rapporteur on Afghanistan Richard Benn has pledged to continue monitoring, seeking investigation and accountability over the recent
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Multiple blasts cast shadow on education of Afghan children
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 24 (ANI): Afghanistan's children are bleeding again, said Human Rights Watch (HRW) following the recent explosions in the crisis-ridden country.
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Crackdown on Tibetan language and cultural education continues
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], April 24 (ANI): China orders Tibetan private schools to be closed and students enrolled in Chinese medium schools in Sershul County, said a Dharamsala based rights organisation.
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Taliban commander who tortured Afghans killed by Afghanistan resistance gr
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 23 (ANI): A Taliban commander, Qari Nusratullah who had been torturing people in various provinces of Afghanistan for several months has been killed in a targeted operation of the anti-Taliban group, National Liberation Front, local media reported.
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