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N Korean media chides South Korea on participation in UN human rights reso
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Dec 23 (ANI): North Korean media on Sunday launched a scathing attack on South Korea over its participation in a United Nations' resolution condemning the reclusive country's human right abuses.
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Pak faces flak after handcuffed picture of dead professor goes viral
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Dec 22 (ANI): Pakistan has been facing strong criticism from members of civil society and human rights after handcuffed pictures of a dead professor went viral on social media.
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UN passes resolution condemning N Korea's human rights violations
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [USA], Dec 18 (ANI): The United Nations (UN) has condemned the "gross violation of human rights" in North Korea in a resolution that was passed by the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Monday (local time).
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Pakistan a democracy in name not in reality: Husain Haqqani
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 18 (ANI): Progressive Pakistani thinkers have expressed their grave concerns over Pakistan's drift towards authoritarianism, expansion of the military's control over public policy and weakening of civilian institutions.
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'Terrorism and international isolation threat to Pak'
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 16 (ANI): The former Pakistan Ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani opened the two-day deliberative conference titled 'Pakistan After the Elections' here and remarked that terrorism and international isolation are the real threats to Pakistan, however the
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NHRC to hear 150 cases at Kolkata open session
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11, (ANI): The National Human Rights Council (NHRC) will hear around 150 cases at the open hearing in Kolkata being held at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences on December 13 and 14.
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'Balochistan a victim of Pakistan's nuclear proliferation activities'
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
British Columbia [Canada], Dec 11 (ANI): Balochistan is a victim of Pakistan's nuclear proliferation activities, said Naela Quadri Baloch, an activist for Baloch rights, who led a protest here on 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Free Balochistan Movement hold protests to mark 'International Human Right
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Braunschweig/London [United Kingdom/Germany], Dec 11 (ANI): The Free Balochistan Movement (FBM) held several simultaneous protests and awareness campaign in London, Germany, Netherlands, USA, Canada and Austria on December 10 to mark the 'International Human Rights Day'.
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US slaps sanctions on 3 North Korean officials
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 11 (ANI): The United States Treasury Department on Monday imposed sanctions against three North Korean officials for alleged human rights abuses and carrying out censorship activities in the reclusive nation.
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SBS Foundation marches to Pak High Commission
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 10 (ANI): As many as 250 volunteers of a non-profit organisation, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Sewa Dal (SBS), on the occasion of International Human Rights Day on Monday marched towards the High Commission of Pakistan here and handed over a memorandum demanding justice, freed
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UN seeks access to Uighur camps in Xinjiang
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Dec 7 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, has sought access to the Uighur camps in China's Xinjiang Province to verify "worrying" reports about human rights violations in the region.
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Delhi conference where Baloch leader Hyrbyair Marri was to speak gets post
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 6 (ANI): Delhi Study Group has postponed the conference on 'Human Rights in Balochistan' scheduled to be held in New Delhi on December 10. New date and venue of the event will be announced soon, said Vijay Jolly of Delhi Study Group (DSG) that had invited Baloch lea
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