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Hong Kong's ranks slide in new human rights survey
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 25 (ANI): A new survey has revealed that the human rights situation in the city has deteriorated since Beijing's crackdown after the pro-democracy protests of 2019.
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Pakistan: Rights groups condemn forced disappearance of Karachi-based soci
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 25 (ANI): Human rights groups have condemned the forced disappearance of Karachi-based social media activist, Arsalan Khan, who went missing from the city's Clifton area, the latest in the series of abductions.
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UNHRC: Rights activist highlights 'saddened, frightening' situation of bas
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 25 (ANI): Dua Kalhoro of World Sindhi Congress on Thursday (local time) highlighted the flawed education system of Pakistan at United Nations Human Rights Council, particularly about the basic education of Sindhi children.
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NHRC issues notice to environment ministry on reports of 'air pollution im
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 25 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) took a suo motu cognizance of media reports quoting an external survey that air pollution is a great threat to human health in India, reducing life expectancy overall by 5 years and 9.7 years for the people in Delh
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Roe vs Wade: Overturning of 50-year-old abortion law creates uproar in Uni
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): Friday's decision by the US Supreme Court which overturns the 50-year-old Roe vs Wade judgement guaranteeing access to abortion across the United States, is being described by the UN experts as "a huge blow to women's human rights and gender equality."
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Life-saving relief continues to reach quake-hit eastern Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 25 (ANI): Emergency lifesaving aid relief continued to flow into quake-hit eastern Afghanistan on Friday, as UN humanitarians and partners rushed to help the most vulnerable communities.
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India-EU event highlights importance of safe drinking water, sanitation fo
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 25 (ANI): India and EU held a Human Rights Council side event on the importance of access to safe drinking water and sanitation for the realisation of gender equality.
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Reproductive rights are women's rights and human rights: UN Women
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], June 25 (ANI): After the US Supreme Court struck down Roe vs Wade eliminating the nearly 50-year-old constitutional right to abortion, United Nations Women said that reproductive rights are integral to women's rights, a fact that is upheld by international agreements and refle
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UN body seeks USD 993 million to prevent famine, tackle drought in Somalia
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], June 25 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations humanitarian agency said on Friday that it's seeking 993.3 million US dollars to provide life-saving and life-sustaining assistance to prevent famine and respond to the drought in Somalia by December.
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UKPNP holds demonstration in Geneva over human rights, security situation
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 25 (ANI): The members of the United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) led by Shaukat Ali Kashmiri on Friday staged a protest at the UN human rights head office in Geneva to highlight the atrocities being committed against the people of Pakistan Occupied Kashm
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India hands over humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 24 (ANI): In the wake of the tragic earthquake that struck Afghanistan on June 22, Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (PAI), JP Singh handed over India's humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan on Friday in the presence of Taliban officials.
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Top UN officials continuing talks on getting grain out of Ukraine via blac
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], June 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Senior UN officials are in talks to reach a deal that will enable exports of grain out of Ukraine through the Black Sea, as well as grain and fertilizers from Russia, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a video message to the Ministerial Confer
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