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US, allies announce sanctions against Chinese officials for "serious human
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington, DC [US], March 22 (ANI): As China continues to impose severe crackdowns on the Uyghur and other minority communities, the US announced sanctions Monday against two Chinese officials for "serious human rights abuses", the Treasury Department said.
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Erdogan and Bahceli move to ban Turkey's third largest party
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Nicosia [Cyprus], March 22 (ANI): Before the ink was dry on President Tayyip Erdogan's much touted "Human Rights Action Plan," announced on March 2, the autocratic President of Turkey showed his real "commitment" to human rights, by granting the wish of his ultra-nationalist ally Devlet Bahc
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UN needs to step up against 'Uyghur genocide' in China: Pro-Uyghur body
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], March 22 (ANI): Reiterating the need for urgent action to address the Uyghur genocide and China's threat to the United Nations human rights mechanisms, the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) asserted that the UN needs to "step up" and act in line with its self-pronounced core valu
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No discussion of human rights in India with US Defence Secretary: Sources
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New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI): The issue of human rights in India did not figure in the talks with US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin here, according to High-level Indian sources.
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Issue of 'human rights' figures in Jaishankar-Llyod Austin talks
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New Delhi [India], March 20 (ANI): In an hour-long meeting between External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, apart from geostrategic affairs, the issue of Human Rights also figured.
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UNHRC: Baloch activists accuse Pakistan of violating human rights in Baloc
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Geneva [Switzerland], March 19 (ANI): Baloch political activists have raised the issue of human rights violations in Pakistan's resource-rich Balochistan province by the state security agencies during the 46th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Thursday.
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Uyghur body backs EU sanctions on Chinese officials over rights abuses in
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Munich [Germany], March 18 (ANI): World Uyghur Congress President Dolkun Isa on Thursday lauded European Union's decision to sanction Chinese officials involved in the human rights abuses in the Xinjiang province.
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EU to slap sanctions on Chinese officials over rights abuses in Xinjiang:
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], March 18 (ANI): European Union officials have approved sanctions on Chinese officials, who are accused of human rights abuses in Xinjiang province.
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NHRC issues notices after five persons die due to poisonous gas in septic
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 18 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo-moto cognisance of a media report that said that five persons, including four from a family, died after inhaling poisonous gas inside an open septic tank in Fatehabad in Agra on March 16, 2021.
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Pakistan's hypocrisy on Sri Lanka's burqa ban exposed
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Colombo [Sri Lanka], March 18 (ANI): Pakistan's High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Saad Khattak, publicly intervened in the country's internal affairs, commenting on a ban on the wearing of the burqa and niqab in the country and the imposition of strict state regulation on unregulated Islamic s
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Over 200 people killed in Myanmar since Feb 1 coup: UN Rights Chief
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Yangon [Myanmar], March 18 (ANI): As violence continues to intensify in Myanmar with the military using deadly violence against anti-coup protesters, over 200 people have been killed since the takeover on February 1, said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to CNN.
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US Senator calls for partial boycott of Beijing Olympics over Uyghur 'geno
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Washington [US], March 17 (ANI): US Senator Mitt Romney has urged the Biden administration to partially boycott the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing over the reports of gross human rights violations against the Uyghur community in Xinjiang.
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