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Activists blame Pakistan for harbouring terrorists and targeting minoritie
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 21 (ANI): Political activists and human rights defenders have blamed Pakistan for crushing voices of dissent and harbouring terrorists.
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'International community should take Pak to task over persecution of Chris
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 19 (ANI): Dr. Mario Silva, a former member of the Canadian Parliament and Executive Director of the International Forum for Rights and Security (IFFRAS), has appealed to the international community to intervene in the issue of the persecution of Christian mino
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#StopPakistan campaign launched to highlight plight of women and minoritie
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland] Sept 17 (ANI): #StopPakistan campaign has been launched here to highlight the plight of women and minorities in Pakistan.
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Situation in country fragile: Minorities Commission chairman
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad [India], August 10 (ANI): Echoing the view of outgoing Vice-President Hamid Ansari, Minorities Committee Chairman Abid Rasool Khan termed the current situation in the country as extremely sensitive.
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Outgoing VP Hamid Ansari speaks on minorities, democracy in his last RS ad
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): In his last address as the Vice-President, Hamid Ansari on Thursday said that democracy would turn into tyranny, if opposition groups are not given the right to free criticism, adding that a democracy is distinguished by the protection it gives to minority
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BJP, Congress stand divided over Hamid Ansari's statement on Indian M
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has outrightly denied outgoing vice-president Hamid Ansari's assertion on Indian Muslims, saying that there is no better country than India for Muslims, while the Congress has said that the statement is directed toward
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Pakistan: Hindu lawmaker targeted for objecting to forced conversions of m
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 8 (ANI): A Hindu member of Pakistan's National Assembly (MNA) Lal Chand Malhi is being targeted in the country for his stance against forced conversions of minorities.
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Kaif being trolled is sheer absurdity: Minorities Commission
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad [Andhra Pradesh], July 29 (ANI): A number of people have come out in support of former Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif after he was brutally trolled on social media for playing chess with his son.
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MP's Mhow to host two-day leadership workshop for Dalits, other minor
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): A two-day leadership conclave will be organized in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh, next month for representatives of minority communities, including Dalit, Muslims and other backward classes.
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Opposition to demand enactment of 'Manav Suraksha Kanoon' agains
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jul 17 (ANI): The Opposition on July 19 will be getting together demanding enactment of Manav Suraksha Kanoon (MASUKA) law against the issue of mob lynching and atrocities being unleashed on Dalits and minorities in the country.
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Cong., TMC issue notice for discussion on lynching and Indo-china stand-of
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): The Congress Party on Monday gave a notice for tomorrow in the Rajya Sabha, requesting discussion on repeated incidents of lynching and atrocities unleashed on Dalits and minorities.
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China encouraging majority Han population to migrate to minority Muslim-re
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], July 13 (ANI): Often there have been questions about China's mistreatment of its minorities, whether on the plight of the Tibetans or rising tensions between the Chinese state and the Uighurs of Xinjiang.
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