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Baloch human rights group hosts seminar to address Pakistan's atrocities i
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 23 (ANI): Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC) hosted a seminar titled, "The Baloch Lives Matter" during the 49th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva to highlight atrocities by Pakistan in Balochistan.
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Taliban's education ministry asks women personnel to wear hijab
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 22 (ANI): Taliban's Ministry of Education has asked its women personnel to wear Hijab to their offices, while asking the men to refrain from shaving their beards, media reports said.
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Prominent Tibetan writer released after 13 years in China prison
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], March 22 (ANI): Prominent Tibetan writer and co-founder and editor of the first-ever Tibetan literary website 'Chomei' (Butter Lamp) Kunchok Tsephel has reportedly been released by Chinese authorities after a harrowing 13 years in prison.
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Human rights in Myanmar face 'profound crisis'
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 22 (ANI): Amidst a "profound crisis" facing access to basic human rights in Myanmar, the UN's top rights official on Monday said that hundreds of localized armed resistance groups have now formed across the country, triggering "widespread violence in areas that were prev
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US Under Secretary Zeya holds talks with Pak leadership on Afghanistan, Uk
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 22 (ANI): US Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya on Monday held talks with Pakistan leadership on several issues including relocation of Afghan refugees and the Ukraine crisis.
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US imposes travel bans on Chinese officials for repression of ethnic, reli
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 22 (ANI): The United States has imposed visa restrictions on Chinese officials for their involvement in the repression of ethnic and religious minority groups inside and outside the border of China.
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Pakistan: Demanding right to life seen as act of dissent
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 21 (ANI): Highlighting the human rights violations in the country, a Pakistan activist said that demanding the most basic right, the right to life, has become an act of dissent in the country.
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Zelenskyy warns of World War III, if talks with Russia fails
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], March 21 (ANI): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that if "negotiations" with Russian President Vladimir Putin fail then "that would mean that this is a third World War."
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Former minister appeal Afghans to return to Afghanistan; ask Taliban to en
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 21 (ANI): Former parliamentary affairs minister Farooq Wardak of Afghanistan on Sunday appealed Afghans, who have fled Afghanistan after the Taliban seized power, to return to the country and asked the Islamic Emirate to ensure civil and human rights of all citizen
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Rights groups express concern for Taiwanese activist jailed in China
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], March 19 (ANI): Human rights groups have expressed concern over Taiwanese national Lee Ming-che, who is currently in prison in China.
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China may extend human rights advocate Lee Ming-che's prison term
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 19 (ANI): Human rights advocate Lee Ming-che could be kept in China two years beyond his release date in conditions that human rights groups called "inhumane".
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Human Rights Watch calls on UN to hold Myanmar military accountable for hu
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 19 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch on Friday, called upon the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to act against the Myanmar military's human rights abuses by imposing economic sanctions and preventing the flow of weapons.
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