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Divest from Chinese tech companies over Uyghur killings, NGOs tell Norway
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Oslo [Norway], Mar 28 (ANI): A group of NGOs has urged Norway to divest from Chinese technology companies for their involvement in human rights violations in China's Uyghur Region.
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Sindh Human Rights body expresses concern over status of prisoners amid CO
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Mar 28 (ANI): The Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has expressed grave concern over the status of prisoners locked in jails across the country.
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In wake of Kabul gurdwara attack, activist says no peace until religious t
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Glasgow [Scotland], Mar 27 (ANI): In the wake of the recent barbaric attack on the minority Sikh community in Afghanistan by Islamic State terrorists, a Scottish human rights activist has opined that there can be no peace until religious terrorism is totally defeated and annihilated.
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NHRC dismisses Nirbhaya convict mother's plea to prevent his execution
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 17 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday dismissed the plea of the mother of 2012 Delhi gang-rape case convict Mukesh Kumar, seeking the Commission's intervention to prevent his execution.
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Nirbhaya convicts' lawyer approaches NHRC seeking stay on execution
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 17 (ANI): Advocate AP Singh, the lawyer of the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder convicts, on Tuesday said that he has approached the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking a stay on the execution of the four death row convicts.
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Activist approaches human rights body to protect interests of Nirbhaya con
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 16 (ANI): An activist on Monday approached the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking its intervention to ensure that the human rights of the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case convicts and their families are not violated.
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We are aware of mass graves in Balochistan: UK Minister
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], Mar 14 (ANI): The British government is aware of the presence of mass graves in Balochistan, said Minister of State Affairs at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development Nigel Adams.
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World Sindhi Congress urges UNHRC to hold Pakistan accountable for human r
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva (Switzerland), Mar 13 (ANI): Condemning Pakistan over enforced disappearances and persecution of minorities in Sindh, World Sindhi Congress on Wednesday urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to hold Pakistan government accountable for the violation of human rights o
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Pakistan using religious extremism to counter Baloch nationalism, say acti
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 12 (ANI): Baloch and other human rights activists from Pakistan held a protest outside the United Nations office here to draw the attention towards growing human rights violations and the spread of religious extremism in Balochistan.
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Activists, experts raise issues of human rights abuse in Balochistan
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 12 (ANI): Political activists, experts and European parliamentarians here discussed deplorable conditions of people in Balochistan on Wednesday (local time).
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Tibetans hold protest outside UN to highlight human rights situation in Ti
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 12 (ANI): The Tibetan community in Switzerland and Liechtenstein held a demonstration outside a UN building to highlight the deplorable human rights situation in Tibet.
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Pashtun, Baloch facing worst human rights crisis, says activists at UNHRC
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 11 (ANI): Political activists from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan have raised the issue of worsening human rights situation in their provinces by targeting the Pakistani Army during the 43rd session of UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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