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Afghans living in dystopian nightmare sandwiched between Taliban, Islamic
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 23 (ANI): Dr Sajjan Gohel, International Security Director of the Asia-Pacific Foundation, said that the Afghans are living in a very dystopian nightmare as they are sandwiched between the misogynistic Taliban and the Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISKP), an
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Muslims in India live in peace, says Muslim scholar, trashing UK MP's char
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): Dismissing UK Labour MP Naz Shah's remarks on human rights in India, Indian scholar Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Bareilvi said that Muslims here live in peace and any interference by a foreign nation in India's internal matter is unwarranted.
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India, UK ask Taliban to allow girls to return to secondary school
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): India and UK have expressed their serious concern about the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, violations of human rights and the hampered access of girls and women to education, a joint statement said after the meeting between Prime Minister Narendr
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India has constitutional protections for communities, says Boris Johnson
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): India is a great democracy and has constitutional protections for the communities, said UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson over the concerns of human rights groups.
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Human rights body airs concern over Afghan refugees' torture in Iran
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 22 (ANI): As blatant human rights violation continues to take place in Iran against the Afghan refugees, Samira Hamidi, Amnesty International's campaigner, expressed concern over the recent torture and called it inhumane.
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China's support for Myanmar shows its preference for abusive, autocratic g
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 22 (ANI): China's support for Myanmar despite human rights abuses by the Junta and the supply of weapons to its military via Pakistan shows Beijing's continued preference for doing business with abusive and autocratic governments across the world.
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NIA Raising Day: Amit Shah says terrorism biggest violator of human rights
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday lauded the role of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on the occasion of the 13 Raising day program at Dr Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi and said the agency achieved international fame in investi
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US announces USD 48 mln aid for Afghan refugees in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 21 (ANI): The United States embassy in Pakistan has announced USD 48 million in aid for Afghan refugees in Islamabad.
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Taliban flouting basic human rights in Afghanistan: Report
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 21 (ANI): Ever since the Taliban took control of Kabul in mid-August last year, the right to education, especially for girls, has been a major concern as the Islamic outfit has time and again flouted the basic human rights in Afghanistan.
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US places visa restrictions on 635 Russian nationals, 3 officials
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States is imposing visa restrictions on 635 Russian nationals for alleged activities that threaten Ukraine as well as on three Russian officials for purported involvement in human rights abuses in Donbas, the Treasury Department said on Wed
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China targetting social media handles of Tibetan government-in-exile: Repo
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], April 20 (ANI): China is targetting the social media handles of the officials of the Tibetan government-in-exile and human rights activists in a bid to silence the voice raised against the Chinese occupation of Tibet, a media report said.
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Uyghur human rights advocate calls upon companies to abandon products of f
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 20 (ANI): In a bid to address Chinese repression of Uyghurs, a Uyghur human rights advocate has called upon brands to remove materials that come from China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) from every level of their supply chains, according to a media report.
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