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New York Times carries factually incorrect full-page ad towing Pak's line
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], Sept 27 (ANI): US-based newspaper The New York Times has published a factually incorrect advertisement towing Pakistan's line on Kashmir. The advertisement, which peddles Pakistan's false narrative, blatantly ignores its track record of human rights violations against Christ
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New York: Activists protest against human rights violations by Pakistan in
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], Sept 27 (ANI): As the Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan ranted about Kashmir in his address at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Friday, activists from Gilgit Baltistan and Balochistan protested outside against the human rights violations by Pakistan in these reg
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US: Plane circles Statue of Liberty with message urging UN to help end rig
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], Sept 27 (ANI): A plane towing a banner with the message "U.N must help end human rights abuses in Balochistan" circled the Statue of Liberty in New York, hours before Pakistan's Prime minister Imran Khan's address to the United Nations General Assembly.
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Pak is blot on humanity, virus for entire world: Baloch activist
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 27 (ANI): Calling Pakistan a "blot on humanity", a Baloch activist has said the country which was created for Islam has emerged as the biggest enemy of the religion itself.
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Billboard at Times Square calls attention to human rights abuses in Baloch
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], Sept 25 (ANI): A billboard urging the United Nations to help end human rights abuses in Balochistan was spotted at the iconic Times Square in New York, at a time when world leaders gathered in the city for the ongoing UNGA session.
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Tributes paid to Mahatma Gandhi at UNHRC to mark his 150th birth anniversa
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva (Switzerland), Sept 25 (ANI): To mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, a side event was held on Wednesday at UN office in Geneva during the 42nd session of the Human Rights Council.
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K'taka: Woman complaints of being stalked by Bengaluru Startup CEO after b
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Sept 25 (ANI): In a letter to the State Human Rights Commission, a woman has allegedly claimed that she is being stalked by Rahul Singh, CEO of a startup company here with whom she broke up after being repeatedly abused physically and verbally.
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India calls out Pakistan's misuse of UNHRC to peddle fabricated narrative
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 24 (ANI): India on Tuesday deplored the "repeated misuse" of the UNHRC platform by Pakistan to peddle its fabricated narrative on the Kashmir issue, and urged Pakistan to address the issue of gross human rights violation against ethnic minorities in Sindh, Balochis
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New York: Awareness campaign launched over human rights violation in Baloc
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept 24 (ANI): The World Baloch Organisation (WBO) has launched an awareness campaign in New York City to highlight the alarming human rights violation in Balochistan. This comes as world leaders gather in the city to attend the annual United Nations General Assembly session.
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Indonesia's president postpones vote to criminalise sex outside marriage
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], Sept 24 (ANI): Following the outcry from human rights groups worldwide, Indonesian President Joko Widodo has postponed a vote that could have criminalized consensual extramarital sex and effectively outlawed same-sex relations in the country.
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'Justice for Karachi' campaign to be launched ahead of Imran Khan's addres
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], Sept 24 (ANI): Ahead of Prime Minister Imran Khan's address at the United Nations General Assembly's session, US-based advocacy group, Voice of Karachi (VoK), said it will launch a major campaign to highlight the atrocities and gross human rights violation by Pakistan's state
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Geneva: Pak's Ahmadiyya Muslims allege persecution, demand justice at UN e
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 25 (ANI): The members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community from Pakistan have alleged persecution and demanded justice during a side event organised on the margins the 42nd session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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