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Researchers urge UN to address Pak's state-sponsored terrorism in S Asia
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 18 (ANI): Researchers have called upon the UN Human Rights Council to address the menace of state-sponsored terrorism by Pakistan in South Asia.
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Baloch activists hold anti-Pakistan protest, seek UN intervention
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 17 (ANI): The Baloch Voice Association (BVA) has organised a protest at Broken Chair, in front of the United Nations office here, demanding its intervention to stop human rights violations in Balochistan.
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Experts raise human rights violations by China in Tibet, Xinjiang and Hong
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 17 (ANI): Experts and human rights activists have come down hard against Beijing for gross human rights violations in Tibet, Xinjiang and Hong Kong.
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Jaishankar takes a veiled jibe at Pakistan over its human rights record
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 17 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday took a veiled jibe at Pakistan over the grave human rights situation in the nation, saying if there is "a human rights audit today in this part of the world I can pretty confidently assert who'll come last
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Two women raped by Pakistan Army in last one month, says Baloch leader
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Sept 17 (ANI): The Pakistan Army is resorting to the policy of rape and pillage in Balochistan, said Baloch leader Mehran Marri here and added that two women have been raped by army men over last one month.
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PM Modi must raise issue of human rights violation in Pakistan at UNGA: Ac
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva, [Switzerland], Sept 17 (ANI): Political activists from Pakistan have requested Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to speak about the human rights violations in Sindh and other provinces during the upcoming UN General Assembly session.
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Muzaffarpur gangrape: Sheer lawlessness in Bihar, criminals committing hei
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 16 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday issued a notice to Bihar government over the alleged gang-rape of a former inmate of Muzaffarpur's shelter home in a moving car while observing that the girl has become the victim of "state's apathy."
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Activists expose Pak over human rights violations in Sindh, Balochistan, P
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 16 (ANI): The Baloch, Sindhi, and Kashmiri activists have named and shamed Pakistan for violating human rights during the 42nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
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Withdraw Pakistan's GSP plus status: EICC
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 15 (ANI): The Europe India Chamber of Commerce (EICC) has written a letter to the EU Commissioner for Trade, European Commission, Cecilia Malmstrom, calling to immediately withdraw Generalised System Preferences (GSP) plus status to Pakistan, over the country's contin
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Joshua Wong in US to seek support for Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 14 (ANI): Joshua Wong, one of the most visible leaders of the Hong Kong protest movement, along with other protest leaders, has arrived in the United States to seek support for the city's widening pro-democracy protests that have crippled parts of the Asian financi
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Imran Khan incites violence at PoK rally
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad [PoK], Sept 13 (ANI): Continuing his anti-India narrative, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday incited violence, saying that the people of Kashmir would move towards extremism to fight against the alleged human rights violation in the region.
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US State Dept to hear on human rights cases in South Asia next month
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 13 (ANI): US State Department announced it's South Asia subcommittee will hold a hearing on "Human Rights in South Asia" next month.
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