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Twitter removes Chinese embassy in US' tweet about Uyghur women no longer
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 10 (ANI): Twitter has removed a post by the Chinese embassy in the USA which claimed that Uyghur women have been "emancipated" and are no longer "baby-making machines."
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India condemns Hazara miners killing in Balochistan, says responsibility o
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 8 (ANI): India on Friday condemned the killing of 11 coal miners in Pakistan's Balochistan in a terror attack and asserted that it is a responsibility of every country to protect its minorities and respect their basic human rights.
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Activists protest in Dhaka against persecution of minorities by authoritie
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 8 (ANI): In the wake of Pakistani authorities attacking religious minorities in the country, activists staged a protest in the Bangladeshi capital on Friday.
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Miners killing: Right group urges international community to put pressure
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], January 8 (ANI): The World Sindhi Congress (WSC) on Friday strongly condemned the killing of 11 coal miners of Hazara community in Mach town of Balochistan and urged the international community to put pressure on Pakistan to ensure the safety of all the minorities.
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Pakistan's minority rights activist attacked in S Korea seeks help for med
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], January 7 (ANI): A Pakistani minority rights activist and lawyer attacked with a knife in South Korea on Tuesday has sought help for his medical treatment.
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Imran Khan, Pak Army attacking minorities amidst rising public anger again
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Glasgow [Scotland], December 31 (ANI): In the face of rising public anger against the Pakistan Army and with Prime Minister Imran Khan's power dwindling, incidents of vandalism on places of worship of minority communities have gone up, according to human rights activists.
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Fake federations of fatwa are enemies of humanity: Naqvi
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday said that fake federations of fatwa work against the welfare of common people and they are enemies of humanity.
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South Asian human rights body slams Pak over forced conversion of Hindu gi
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 24 (ANI): In light of a 17-year old Hindu girl who died by suicide in October this year after she was allegedly raped last year, in Pakistan's Tharparkar district, a body of South Asian human rights groups has slammed Islamabad for unchecked forced conversion o
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Pakistan state structure is 'anti-people', unresponsive to voices of oppre
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], December 14 (ANI): Pakistan's constitutional state structure is "quite anti-people" and it is unresponsive to the voice of oppressed people of the country, Pakistani poet and human rights advocate, IA Rehman said, while adding that enforced disappearance and forceful con
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Protest outside Pak mission in Washington, demonstrators demand apology fo
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 14 (ANI): A US-based Bangladeshi organisation along with other South Asian minorities held a protest outside the Pakistani Embassy in Washington, demanding an apology for the 1971 'genocide' named Operation Searchlight.
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Protests in Bangladesh's cities against China, Pakistan for persecution of
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 10 (ANI): On the occasion of Human Rights' Day, hundreds of people hit the streets of Dhaka and Sylhet to protest against China and Pakistan for persecuting their minorities.
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Religious minorities face atrocities from majority community, govt in Paki
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], December 10 (ANI): In another instance of violence against minority communities in Pakistan, residents of a majority community neighborhood in Joglar village, Tharparker in Sindh province attacked homes of a minority community.
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