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"Supreme Court reaffirmed its resolve to protect rights of minorities": Kh
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
He further alleged that the BJP was thriving on dividing society for narrow electoral gains.
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Kerala: Priyanka Gandhi meets Bishop of Thamarassery, man-animal conflict
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Following the visit, Bishop of Thamarassery, Remigiose Inchananiyil, said representation of their community in the Parliament and man-animal conflict in the region were the main issues discussed.
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Geneva: Broken chair protest calls out Pakistan, Bangladesh for systematic
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A striking three-day protest exhibition organised by the Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD) at the Broken Chair monument in Geneva has drawn attention to the oppression of religious minorities in South Asia, especially in Pakistan and Bangladesh.
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China's crackdown deepens: Lawyers, activists, and minorities face escalat
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
China's human rights situation draws global concern as lawyers, activists, and ethnic minorities face growing repression. Laws targeting ethnic unity and cybersecurity increase pressure on Tibetans, Uyghurs, and dissenters. Despite risks, activists, including feminists and Qi Hong, continue
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"Surprising, shallow, ill-informed": India slams Switzerland's remarks on
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Indian diplomat Kshitij Tyagi criticised Switzerland's comments as "surprising, shallow and ill-informed," highlighting India as the "world's largest, most diverse and vibrant democracy" with a strong tradition of pluralism, offering assistance to Switzerland on these matters.
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Silent genocide of religious minorities in South Asia highlighted at Genev
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A protest exhibition held at Geneva's Broken Chair monument has drawn global attention to what organisers described as the "silent genocide" of religious minorities in South Asia, particularly in Pakistan and Bangladesh.
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"Voices from Margins": Side event at Human Rights Council highlights urgen
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD), together with partners, hosted a side event on Monday at the 60th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva titled, "Voices from the Margins: Protecting Minority Rights in South Asia." The event brought to attention religious persecution faced b
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Bangladesh group demands measures to halt marginalisation of minorities af
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council (BHBCUC), the largest minority group, has demanded effective measures to halt the marginalisation of minorities after the enforcement of India's new immigration law.
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World Uyghur Congress ramps up global pressure on China over rights abuses
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to WUC, in Washington, US lawmakers introduced a bipartisan package of bills, including the Preventing the Forced Return of Uyghurs Act, designed to protect Uyghurs and other Turkic minorities from forced repatriation to China, where they risk detention, torture, or enforced disapp
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HRFP expresses deep concern over violence against religious minorities in
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) has raised alarm over rising violence and discrimination against religious minorities, documenting cases of mob attacks, forced conversions, abductions, killings, and misuse of blasphemy laws across Pakistan, while urging justice and protection for vulnerab
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China faces criticism as Uyghur families still suffer, 3 years after UN Xi
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Amnesty International has raised fresh alarm that Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang remain under relentless repression, three years after the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released its landmark assessment on 31 August 2022. That report concluded that serious
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Bangladesh minority group expresses outrage over absence of minority repre
Updated : 7 months ago IST
The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, representing the largest minority group in the Muslim-majority South Asian country, expressed outrage on August 26 over the absence of minority representation among newly appointed judges.
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