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EU warns Beijing to tread carefully on Hong Kong electoral reform
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], March 6 (ANI): As China prepares to alter Hong Kong's electoral system, the European Union has warned Beijing to "carefully consider the political and economic implications" of any decision to reform the electoral system of Hong Kong saying that the bloc is "ready to take
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UN calls on ASEAN states to leverage Myanmar military junta to protect peo
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], March 6 (ANI): The United Nations is calling on the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to exert pressure on the Myanmar military, which recently overthrew the civilian government, to protect the human rights and freedoms of the citizens, David
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Human rights activist writes to UN about Pak-sponsored terrorist attacks o
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 5 (ANI): Professor Fernand de Varennes, special rapporteur on minority issues on Tuesday has written a letter to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) informing about the Pakistan-sponsored terrorist attacks on the Hindu minority communi
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UN expert calls on UNSC to impose global arms embargo, economic sanctions
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 5 (ANI): United Nations human rights investigator on Myanmar Thomas Andrews on Thursday (local time) urged the Security Council to impose a global arms embargo and economic sanctions on the military generals and move the atrocities to the International Criminal
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'We see no contradiction between countering terrorism, protection of human
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Geneva [Switzerland], March 4 (ANI): Underlining that terrorism is an attack against human rights, India on Thursday said it has been at the forefront of global counter-terrorism efforts and does not see any contradiction between countering terrorism and promotion and protection of human rig
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Uyghur body calls for boycott of 2022 Winter Olympics in China, cites huma
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], March 4 (ANI): Citing grave human rights abuses, a pro-Uyghur body on Thursday called on the international community to boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics scheduled to be held in China.
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NHRC summons Delhi Urban Development Secretary over non-submission of repo
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 4 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday issued summon against the Delhi Urban Development Secretary for non-submission of proof of payment and requisite reports over a death of a safai karamchari during sewer cleaning in 2018.
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Pashtuns protest at UNHRC against rights violations in Pakistan
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva, [Switzerland] March 04 (ANI): Members of the civil rights movement, Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) on Wednesday staged a protest outside the UN headquarters in Geneva raising concerns over gross human rights violations committed by the Pakistan Army on innocent Pashtuns.
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US has obligation to address genocide in Xinjiang by China, says Nancy Pel
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Washington [US], March 4 (ANI): Expressing solidarity with the Uyghur community amid the ongoing human rights abuse by the Chinese authorities, US Speaker Nancy Pelosi has affirmed her view that the United States has an "obligation to address the genocide".
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Pashtuns protest at UN headquarters against rights violations in Pakistan
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 3 (ANI): Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) Europe branch on Tuesday (local time) organised a protest at the United Nations Headquarters in Geneva against gross human rights violations committed by Pakistan Army on innocent Pashtuns.
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Newly-uncovered evidence reveals schemes to uproot minorities in China's X
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 3 (ANI): Amid the growing international criticism of human rights abuses in China, newly-uncovered evidence revealed state-run schemes to forcibly uproot, assimilate and reduce the population density of ethnic and religious minorities in the Xinjiang region through c
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Photo exhibition in Geneva highlights persecution of Baloch
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 2 (ANI): A three-day exhibition highlighting the persecution of Baloch people in Pakistan's Balochistan province has been launched in front of Palais Wilson on the sidelines of the ongoing 46th Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva.
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