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At UNHRC, activists highlight plight of Sindhis in Pakistan, underscore eq
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
At a UNHRC side event in Geneva, activist Divya Advani and Sindhi Adhikar Manch founder Govind Gurbani highlighted declining Sindhi numbers in Pakistan and contrasted it with constitutional rights enjoyed by minorities in India, stressing equal opportunities, reservations, and inclusive repr
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From Xinjiang to South China Sea, China's actions spark global concern
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Shun Fujiki, Executive Director of the International Career Support Organisation, criticised China's human rights abuses, treatment of minorities, territorial aggression, and influence over aid-dependent nations at the UNHRC sidelines, urging reforms to protect cultural diversity, sovereignt
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Bangladesh rights group expresses dismay over Yunus's denial of minority p
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Parishad highlighted that the UN Fact-Finding Mission Report dated February 12, 2025, also documented the persecution of minorities, including the Hindu community, that has been ongoing since August 5, 2024, and which "continues sporadically and in isolated incidents across the country."
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CPI (M) has now shifted to majority appeasement: Kerala LoP VD Satheesan
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Kerala's Leader of the Opposition VD Satheesan has slammed the ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist), saying that the party had for years appeased minorities before the last parliamentary elections and has now shifted to majority appeasement.
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Diaspora in US protests against Yunus over increase in minority atrocities
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Members of the Bangladeshi diaspora in the United States staged a protest outside the United Nations headquarters against Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of Bangladesh's interim government, alleging an increase in atrocities against minorities in the country.
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Pakistan accused of using blasphemy laws to oppress communities
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
At the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Alejandra Martinez Otero, the Human Rights Officer of the Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD), in her oral intervention, has raised alarm about Pakistan's blasphemy laws, warning that these provisions are being increasing
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Bangladesh minorities face growing persecution, GHRD alerts UN Human Rig
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
At the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the UN-EU Human Rights Officer, Charlotte Zehrer from Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD), in her oral intervention, has drawn international attention to the precarious conditions faced by ethnic and religious minorities
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Geneva: Bangladesh interim government criticised for downplaying religious
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
He highlighted that in the immediate aftermath of Hasina's ouster, hundreds of Hindu homes, businesses, and temples were vandalised across the country, disproportionately impacting the minority community, which constitutes about 8 per cent of Bangladesh's population. Over 2,000 incidents, in
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BJP MP Lahar Singh Siroya slams Siddaramaiah over Karnataka caste survey,
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In a post on X, Siroya wrote, "By ordering a caste census in a tearing hurry, Shri. Siddaramaiah has made everybody, including his own party men and cabinet colleagues, unhappy. As of today, the Vokkaligas, the Lingayats, the Dalits, the OBCs, the Brahmins, the minorities, the tribes and the
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Indian Minorities Federation and New India Development Foundation come to
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
This was the first major health camp organised in the Nangal area after flood water receded, which is the first major town in Punjab along the banks of the Sutlej River from where the river water enters after flowing from the neighbouring state of Himachal Pradesh.
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Geneva: Religious minorities facing persistent challenges in Pakistan and
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Human rights activist Arif Aajakia, voiced concerns about the human rights situation in Pakistan and Bangladesh during the 60th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva.
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Pope Leo XIV blesses PM Modi for long life on his birthday
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Pope Leo XIV met with the Indian Minorities Federation (IMF) delegation at the Papal Audience at St. Peter's Square at the Vatican City and blessed PM Narendra Modi for long life and good health.
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