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'Biased views, motivated inputs': India slams US report on religious freed
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): India on Friday responded to what it termed as "ill-informed comments" by senior US officials" on religious freedom in India and said it is unfortunate that vote bank politics is being practised in international relations.
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Religious minorities face societal discrimination in China: Report
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], June 3 (ANI): Revealing the true colour of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and throwing light on so-called religious freedom in China, an international report released by the United States has stated that religious minorities including Christians, Muslims, Tibetans in Beij
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Rising attacks at places of worship in India, home to great diversity of f
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], June 2 (ANI): Terming religious freedom as the vital front of US policy priority, Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday claimed that there are rising attacks on people at places of worship in India, a home to great diversity of faiths.
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USCIRF 'penetrated' by anti-India pan Islamist groups: Report
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 25 (ANI): The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is slated to publish its annual report on international religious freedom on April 25 but some key influential officials of the USCIRF have been seen on the platforms of IAMC, an Islamist group,
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Sanctions on USCIRF officials yet another China's 'affront' against univer
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 11 (ANI): Expressing solidarity with US Commission on International Religious Freedom, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that Chinese sanctions on four USCIRF officials constitute yet another China's "affront" against universal rights.
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US rights body condemns China's additional sanctions against USCIRF Commis
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 22 (ANI): The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) strongly condemned the Chinese government's additional sanctions against its chairman and Commissioners.
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Pakistan resisting International commitments on blasphemy laws
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 22 (ANI): The increasing cases of blasphemy registered in Pakistan continues to be a cause of concern for human rights activists who have repeatedly highlighted the practice and urged world bodies, including the EU to take note of the issue, which has worsened
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Biden nominates Indian-American as first Muslim religious freedom ambassad
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 31 (ANI): US President Joe Biden has nominated an Indian-American, Rashad Hussain, as the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, who is likely to be the first Muslim to head US diplomacy for advancing religious liberties.
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USCIRF leading 'bogus agenda' in name of religious freedom to defame India
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], July 13 (ANI): US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) that recently gave India the status of "Country of Particular Concern" (CPC) is leading a "bogus agenda" in the name of religious freedom to defame India, Fabien Baussart wrote in The Times of Israel.
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Pakistani cop held for murdering man acquitted of blasphemy charges
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 4 (ANI): A Punjab police constable was arrested on Saturday for murdering a man who was acquitted of blasphemy charges last year.
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US condemns China's sanctions against former USCIRF Commissioner: Blinken
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 28 (ANI): The United States condemns China's move to impose sanctions on former US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Commissioner Johnnie Moore, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday (local time).
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US rights body reiterates calls on Chinese govt for release of Buddhism's
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 15 (ANI): US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Friday (local time) reiterated the call on the Chinese government to reveal the whereabouts of Tibetan Buddhism's 11th Panchen Lama, who was taken into captivity by Chinese authorities when he was
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