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China denies holding Uighur Muslims captive
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Aug 13 (ANI): China has denied reports claiming that the country held a million Uighur Muslims captive in mass detention camps in Xinjiang province after a United Nations human rights panel expressed grave concerns over the issue.
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Canadian MP flags human right abuses against Sindhis in Pakistan
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], Aug 13 (ANI) Canadian politician, Tom Kmiec, has raised concerns over persecution of Sindhis in Pakistan and named Pakistani security agencies for human rights abuses against them.
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China holding 1 mn Uighurs in secret camps: UN
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Aug 11 (ANI): A United Nations human rights panel has expressed grave concerns that there were credible reports that China is holding a million Uighur Muslims in mass detention camps in Xinjiang province.
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Gole market rape: DCW, NHRC issue notice, sought report
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 10 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Friday issued a notice, seeking report over rape of a six-year-old girl, which took place inside the premises of a government school, here in Gole market area.
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Michelle Bachelet to be next UN human rights chief
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Aug 9(ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has chosen former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet to be the next human rights chief of the world body.
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Forced disappearance growing in Balochistan, says Bugti
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva (Switzerland), August 4 (ANI): Baloch Republican Party spokesperson Sher Mohammed Bugti expressed concern over growing incidents of human rights violations in Balochistan, the largest in terms of land and natural resource rich province of Pakistan.
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NHRC seeks report from Andhra over lack of road connectivity and healthcar
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday took a suo moto cognisance of an incident where a pregnant woman was carried by her husband for 12 kilometres due to lack of road connectivity in Andhra Pradesh's Vizianagaram district.
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Baloch activists hold anti-Pak protest in Germany
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Frankfurt [Germany], Jul 29 (ANI): Activists from the Baloch Republican Party (BRP)-Germany chapter recently held a protest against Pakistan over human rights violations and persecution of Baloch people in Balochistan province.
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Pak Polls: US condemns restrictions on freedom of expression
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], July 28 (ANI): The United States of America has raised concerns with regards to the Pakistan General Elections 2018 which were held on Wednesday this week.
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Starvation deaths: NHRC issues notices to Centre, Delhi govt
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) on Thursday issued notices to the Centre and the Delhi Government over death of three minor sisters due to malnutrition and starvation in Mandawali area of the national capital.
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EU sanctions on Maldives may turn people 'against the administration'
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Jul 22 (ANI): The European Union's (EU) plan to impose sanctions ranging from travel bans to asset freezes in the Maldives may turn people against the administration as they might feel that the sanctions are too hefty a price to pay.
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Gilgit-Baltistan activist questions lack of mention in UNHRC report
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [Pakistan], July 21 (ANI): In a letter to the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC), an activist from Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) questioned why the recent report on human rights in Jammu and Kashmir lacked a detailed study on Gilgit-Baltistan.
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