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Rathore lauds Swaraj's speech, says India will continue to be support
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 25 (ANI): Lauding External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for making categorical statements on human rights violations in Balochistan, Minister of State for Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Monday said India will continue to be s
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Plight of Mohajirs in Pak raised at UNHRC
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept. 26 (ANI): The International Institute for Mohajirs on the sidelines of the 33rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, highlighted the plight of Mohajirs in Pakistan and how the Pakistani government continues to ostracize the community in th
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EU may impose economic sanctions on Pak for atrocities in Balochistan: Rys
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept. 23 (ANI): Expressing solidarity with the people of Balochistan against Pakistan's atrocities, European Parliament Vice President Ryszard Czarnecki has said the European Union may impose economic and political sanctions on Islamabad if the Asian nation fails t
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Pakistan breeding ground of terrorists, promoting 'state terrorism�
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept. 22 (ANI): Speaking at a United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) seminar on 'Stop Subjugation of people for strategic designs, say no to colonisation and CPEC', Khan of Kalat H.H. Khan Suleman Khan Ahmedzai on Thursday said Pakistan is a breeding grou
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Pakistani Women protest outside UNHRC against gender-related violence
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept.22 (ANI): Pakistani Women's Human Rights Organisation organized a silent protest outside the UNHRC in Geneva on September 21, against gender-related violence and honour killing in Pakistan.
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Plight of minorities in Pakistan discussed at UNHCR
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept.22 (ANI): The European Organisation for Pakistani Minorities last week organised a side event titled "Plight of Pakistani Minorities" at the 33rd session of the UN Human Rights Council.
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Ironical that 'global epicentre of terrorism' Pakistan preaching
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], Sept. 22 (ANI): Hitting back at Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's allegation of "human rights violations" in Jammu and Kashmir, India on Thursday branded the hostile neighbour as a 'terrorist state' and said that it was ironical to see that Islama
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Pak PM Sharif should have talked about Balochistan not Kashmir: Baloch act
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept. 22 (ANI): Lashing out at Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for talking about Kashmir at the United Nations when there are grave human rights violations in Balochistan, Baloch activist advocate Mohammad Anwar said that the former should have instead talke
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Bangladesh witnessed diminishing democratic space in 2015: EU
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Sept. 21 (ANI): The European Union in its annual human rights report said that Bangladesh witnessed a diminishing democraticspace and steady deterioration in civil and political rights in 2015.
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Situation in Balochistan war like, people very frustrated with Pakistan: B
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept. 20 (ANI): Baloch Republican Party chief Brahamdagh Bugti said Tuesday that presently there is a war like situation in Balochistan, as there is a heavy presence of military forces in the region and human rights violations are rampant.
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Abdul Nawaz Bugti calls on UN to take notice of custodial killings by Paki
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept. 20 (ANI): Highlighting the issue of enforced disappearances and custodial killings by Pakistani Security Forces in Balochistan, Representative of the Baloch Republican Party at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Abdul Nawaz Bugti said that the worseni
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CPEC is a fully militarized project: Paulo Casaca
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept. 20 (ANI): Maintaining that human rights violations in Balochistan are at its worst, Paulo Casaca, a former member of the European Parliament, said that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a fully militarised project.
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