Search For "human rights"
US needs to fight against China's harmful influence in UN: Official
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], June 17 (ANI): The United States needs to "fight" against Chinese harmful influence in the United Nations and needs to build an alliance to investigate the source of COVID-19 as well address human rights abuses in Xinjiang, a senior US official told Congress.
Read More
World Sindhi Congress urges G7 leaders to take action against human rights
Updated : 5 years ago IST
London [UK], June 16 (ANI): As the much-coveted Group of Seven (G7) concluded recently, the World Sindhi Congress (WSC) has urged world leaders of the summit to take action against ongoing grave human rights atrocities against Sindhi people in Pakistan.
Read More
NHRC directs UP Chief Secy, Centre to compensate 70 girls over stripping i
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary and Secretary, School Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India for requisite funds allocation to compensate 70 girls who were checked for
Read More
Rights group urges Hilton hotels to drop Xinjiang project at bulldozed mos
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], June 16 (ANI): The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has urged Hilton Worldwide Holding to drop a plan to build a hotel in China's Xinjiang region on the site where Chinese authorities have bulldozed and desecrated a mosque.
Read More
Pakistan's minority communities overlooked by mainstream media
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], June 14 (ANI): Religious and ethnic minorities have been overlooked in Pakistan's mainstream media due to reporting priorities in the industry being dictated by commercial interests rather than human rights or public good.
Read More
China must act responsibly regarding transparency on COVID-19 origins, say
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], June 14 (ANI): After the conclusion of the much-awaited Group of Seven (G7) meeting in the UK, US President Joe Biden on Sunday called on China to act more responsibly in terms of international norms on human rights and transparency concerning the origins of COVID-19.
Read More
Amnesty International tells leaders to support Nepal in fight against COVI
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], June 14 (ANI): Amnesty International on Monday has called on international community to increase aid supply as well as vaccines to Nepal as it continues to battle COVID-19 pandemic's second wave.
Read More
Kazakhstan's new decree on human rights reforms may establish effective pr
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan], June 14 (ANI): As part of his political modernisation agenda, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a decree named "On further human rights measures in Kazakhstan" on June 9.
Read More
NHRC seeks report from Centre, Odisha over freedom fighter's widow deprive
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday sought an Action Taken Report (ATR) from the Union Home Secretary and the Chief Secretary of Odisha over a petiton claiming denial and deprivation of bare human rights to Meera Devi, an ailing octogenaria
Read More
Former Afghan VP Khalili warns against 'targeted attacks' on Hazara commun
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 14 (ANI): Former Vice President Mohammad Karim Khalili on Sunday warned that the people will "attempt anything" to ensure their safety if the government does not prevent "targeted attacks against Hazara community" as well as other injustices in the country after two
Read More
G7 leaders vow to promote shared values by calling out China's actions in
Updated : 5 years ago IST
London [UK], June 13 (ANI): The leaders of the G7 countries on Sunday pledged to promote shared values by calling on China to respect human rights and fundamental freedoms in Xinjiang where Beijing is accused of committing serious human rights abuses against the Uyghur minority, and in th
Read More
'Systematic genocide by Pakistan': Baloch human rights groups urge G7 to i
Updated : 5 years ago IST
London [UK], June 13 (ANI): Claiming a systematic genocide in Balochistan by Pakistani security forces, the Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC) urged the Group of Seven (G7) leaders to investigate the heinous crimes by Pakistan in the region.
Read More