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Digital screens come up across London calling for end to enforced disappea
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 5 (ANI): Continuing their campaign to highlight poor human rights situation in Pakistan, the World Baloch Organisation (WBO) and the Baloch Republican Party (BRP) have taken their initiative to digital level by putting up 35 digital screens across the city calling for an
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Irish lawyer who racially abused Air India crew found dead at her London h
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 4 (ANI): An Irish human rights lawyer, who was in the news last year for verbally abusing an Air India flight crew after being refused alcohol on her flight en-route from Mumbai to London, was found dead at her home in East Sussex in England on June 1, days after being rele
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EFSAS researcher slams 'inaccurate' UN report on J-K
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Jul 4 (ANI): A research analyst at the European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS) has slammed a report by the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Jammu and Kashmir as terrorism or its consequences have not been mentioned in the document.
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EFSAS director Junaid Qureshi urges UN to rectify 'serious inaccuracies' i
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 4 (ANI): Director of the European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS), Junaid Qureshi, on Wednesday, urged the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to rectify the "serious inaccuracies" in its first-ever report on the situation in Jammu and Ka
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UKPNP urges UN to act against Pak for human rights violations in PoK, Gilg
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 3 (ANI): The United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) on Wednesday urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to initiate action to make Pakistan accountable for human rights violations in Gilgit-Baltistan, and PoK.
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'UN report on PoK is highly dubious'
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 02 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights' report on the situation in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is "highly dubious" as it has failed to address the deplorable human rights situation in the region despite having all "invaluable insights", a researcher at an
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Plane carrying anti-Pak banners fly over Headingley cricket ground in Leed
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Leeds [UK], Jun 29 (ANI): A plane flying with anti-Pakistan banners unfurled from it was spotted on Saturday over the Headingley cricket ground here where the World Cup cricket match between Pakistan and Afghanistan was underway.
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Mumbai serial blast case: Victim Kirti Ajmera moves NHRC, seeks compensati
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jun 28 (ANI): Kirti Ajmera, a victim of 1993 Bombay Blast case, on Friday approached the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), and sought compensation for himself and other victims.
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Billboards go up across Birmingham calling for end to enforced disappearan
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Birmingham [UK], June 27 (ANI): Human rights activists from the World Baloch Organisation and the Baloch Republican Party continue their campaign to highlight the dire human rights situation in Pakistan. In their latest initiative, roadside billboards have been put up around the city of Birm
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Fail to understand why sanitary workers jobs are allocated solely for Chri
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 25 (ANI): Human rights activist Kapil Dev on Tuesday questioned why in Pakistan, sanitary workers jobs were allocated solely to Christians.
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Baloch Republican Party protests outside Lords against human rights condit
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 23 (ANI): Baloch Republican Party and World Baloch Organisation on Sunday organised a protest outside Lords Cricket Ground in London to highlight the pathetic human rights condition in Pakistan.
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UN calls for dialogue in Venezuela
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela], June 22 (ANI): United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has called upon Venezuelan government and the opposition to put aside their deep political differences and commit to a dialogue aimed at ending the month-long political crisis in the South
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