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Balochistan demands appointment of UN special rapporteur to look into huma
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar. 10 (ANI): Baloch political activists and human rights defenders raised the situation of deteriorating human rights in Balochistan and condemned the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) at a side event during the 34th Session of UN Human Rights Council here.
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UNHRC: Kashmiri writer opposes CPEC, says J-K is not for sale
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar. 10 (ANI): Kashmiri writer and director Junaid Qureshi on Friday told the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) the state of Jammu and Kashmir was not for sale while voicing apprehension towards the multi-billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
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HRW asks Nepal to investigate allegations of indiscriminate use of force b
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], March. 10 (ANI): New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has asked authorities in Nepal to immediately investigate allegations of indiscriminate and excessive use of force by security forces that has led to four deaths in the country.
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World Sindhi Congress calls for end to 'genocide' of Sindhi Hind
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar.10 (ANI): The World Sindhi Congress (WSC) hosted a conference titled 'Erosion of Sindhi Culture in Pakistan' at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on March 6.
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I was tortured beyond limits: Pakistani blogger Ahmad Waqass Goraya
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva[Switzerland], Mar. 10 (ANI): Pakistani blogger and human rights defender Ahmad Waqass Goraya, who disappeared from Lahore in January this year, said he was brutally tortured before his release after almost a month in captivity.
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China issues report on U.S. human rights in response to State Department r
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Mar. 9 (ANI): China on Thursday published a report on the United States' human rights situation in response to Washington's "the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016" issued by the U.S. State Department on March 3.
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India pulls up Pak, asserts its stand on PoK at UNHRC
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar. 9 (ANI): In a strong-worded statement, India has asserted that Pakistan continues to illegally occupy a part of their territory, referring to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, at the 34th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Stalin dubs Indian fisherman's killing 'grave human rights viola
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Mar. 8 (ANI): Furious over the killing of an Indian fisherman by the Sri Lankan Navy, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) working president M.K. Stalin on Wednesday dubbed the episode as 'grave human rights violation'.
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EU must take action against China and Pakistan for human rights violations
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Mar. 8 (ANI): Highlighting the issue of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) presenting an ethical dilemma for the international community, Fulvio Martusciello, Member of the European Parliament, has called on the European Union to have an action-based approach whe
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Conference on Sindh Hosted in the United Nations
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar.8 (ANI): The World Sindhi Congress (WSC) hosted a conference titled 'Erosion of Sindhi Culture in Pakistan' at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on March 6.
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CPEC row: EU must take action over China, Pakistan's disregard for hu
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Mar. 8 (ANI): Highlighting the issue of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, or CPEC, presenting an ethical dilemma for the international community, Fulvio Martusciello, Member of the European Parliament has called on the European Union to have an action-based approach w
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Child labour: NHRC issues notice to Delhi Govt, seeks reports in four week
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 3 (ANI): Taking cognizance of a report that 26 boys, in the age group of 8 to 13 years were rescued from bonded labour in a jeans factory in North East Delhi's, Seelampur area last month, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued notices to the
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