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Pyongyang urges S. Korea to scrap N. Korean human rights act, foundation
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], June 25 (ANI): North Korean state media on Sunday asked South Korea to abolish its North Korean human rights act and a foundation dedicated to its enforcement as that would hamper efforts to improve cross-border ties.
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Constant bullying of activists unacceptable: HRCP
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan] June 23(ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Saturday expressed its concern over the ransacking of human rights activist Marvi Sirmed's home in Islamabad.
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Pro-Pak bias visible in OHCHR Kashmir report-EFSAS
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Amsterdam [The Netherlands], June 23 (ANI): A think tank in Europe has raised strong objections to a 49-page Pakistan-centric report on Jammu and Kashmir prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
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Threatening activist Goraya's family cowardly - HRCP
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 22 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) today expressed its dismay over the harassment and intimidation of the family of blogger and human rights activist Ahmad Waqass Goraya.
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India dismisses UN report branding terrorists as "leaders"
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): India has dismissed the United Nations report, which refers to UN-designated terrorist entities as "armed groups" and "leaders".
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US exits UN Human Rights Council
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], June 20 (ANI): US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has announced that the United States is withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council, alleging the 47-member council of "political bias."
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Transgender teacher 'humiliated' at job interview,moves WBHRC
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 19 (ANI): A 30-year-old transgender woman was allegedly humiliated during an interview at a private school here.
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Protests staged against enforced disappearances in Balochistan
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Quetta (Balochistan) [Pakistan], June 16 (ANI): On the auspicious occasion of Eid, thousands of people protested in Balochistan's Quetta city demanding the return of their beloved, who were allegedly abducted by Pakistani intelligence agencies.
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Govt. should look into UN report on Kashmir: Tharoor
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Jun 15 (ANI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday suggested that the Centre needs to point out if there were any inaccuracy in the UN report on Kashmir.
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Amnesty to Pakistan: End alarming poll-linked crackdown
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [United States], June 15 (ANI): New York-based human rights watchdog Amnesty International has appealed to authorities in Pakistan to end what it described as an alarming crackdown on human rights defenders, activists, journalists and other civil society members in the run up to the
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UN report on Kashmir is mischievous, misleading: Ahmed Patel
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member from Gujarat, Ahmed Patel on Thursday said that United Nations' Report on Kashmir is mischievous and misleading.
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India calls UN Report on Kashmir misleading, mischievous
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): India on Thursday called the United Nations' Report on Kashmir misleading and mischievous, adding "the report violates its sovereignty and creates a false narrative."
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