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China-Pakistan Economic Corridor 'illegal': Baloch leader Marri
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept. 19 (ANI): Maintaining that Balochistan is an occupied territory by Pakistan, Mehran Marri, Baloch Representative at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), on Monday said the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is an "illegal" project.
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India corners Pakistan at UN Human Rights Council session
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept. 19 (ANI): Stating that the fundamental reason for disturbances in Kashmir is cross-border terrorism promoted by Pakistan which is so ruthless that it doesn't shy away from using civilians and even children by putting them in harm's way, India on Monday u
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UKPNP protests against Pak atrocities in Geneva, seeks UN intervention
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept. 19 (ANI): Taking a jibe at Pakistan over the atrocities on the people in Balochistan and Gilgit-Baltistan, and the religious minorities in the country, United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) chief Shaukat Ali on Monday said that his party has appealed
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Uri terror attack: Pak sponsored terrorism exists in Kashmir, asserts Asia
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept. 18 (ANI): Asian Human Rights Commission researcher Baseer Naveed condemned the Uri terrorist attack on Sunday that killed 17 Indian Army soldiers and said there is no denying the fact that Pakistan sponsored terrorism exists in Kashmir, even though Islamabad may
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Geneva: Uyghurs, Tibetans protest against human rights violations by China
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept. 16 (ANI): The members of the Uyghur and Tibetan communities in Europe staged a protest on Friday in front of the United Nations headquarters here, to highlight the ongoing human rights violations against the Uyghurs and the Tibetans in China.
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India urges NAM to set up 'Working group' on terrorism
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Margarita Island [Venezuela], Sept. 16 (ANI): Asserting that "terrorism is the biggest enemy of human rights and it threatens the contemporary architecture of world stability, based on respect for sovereignty," India has urged the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to set up a 'Workin
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Human Rights Watch asks Pak to cease driving Afghan refugees away
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sept. 15 (ANI): Maintaining that Pakistan should extend legal residency status to Afghan refugees till the end of December next year, Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called on its authorities to cease "coercive measures and other abuses" that are driving t
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India raises the issue of Human Rights violations by Pak in Balochistan at
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept.14 (ANI): While reiterating that Pakistan continues to be in illegal occupation of a large part of territory in Jammu and Kashmir, India taking a jibe at Islamabad on Wednesday raised the issue of Human Rights violations in Balochistan by the country at the UN duri
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Tibetan families urge UN to intervene over alleged rights violations by Ch
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept.14 (ANI): Five Tibetan families living in Switzerland have urged the United Nations, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the government of various countries to support them against the alleged ongoing political repression, c
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Baloch activists protest at UN, highlight Pak's atrocities in Balochi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], Sept. 14 (ANI): Members of the Free Balochistan Movement protested in front of the United Nations Headquarters in New York to highlight the plight, atrocities and human rights violations on the people of Balochistan by Pakistan.
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Will inform UN about Pak atrocities in Gilgit-Baltistan: Senge Sering
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept. 14 (ANI): Maintaining that people of Gilgit-Baltistan are deprived of their basis rights, Senge H Sering, Director of Gilgit-Baltistan National Congress said that he would try his best to inform the United Nations about the human rights violation and atrocities ca
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UNHCHR expresses concern over rights violation by China
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept. 13 (ANI): The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Tuesday expressed deep concern over the reports of alleged human rights violations by China and said that the office would like to embark on a genuine working relationshi
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