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Protest erupts in Pakistan over alleged assault on Hindu woman
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 22 (ANI): Minorities in Pakistan protested against an alleged assault on a Hindu woman over a false accusation of theft, local media reported.
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Enforced disappearances continue to be a significant political issue in Ce
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 21 (ANI): Enforced disappearances continue to be a significant political issue in Central and South Asia and the recent UN report on China is a great example as it highlights that Beijing has systematically disappeared ethnic minorities in Xinjiang and other h
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Austrian parliamentarian announces event to report bleak situation of Uygh
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Vienna [Austria], September 18 (ANI): Austrian parliamentarian Gudrun Kugler has announced to organise an event on Thursday to address the situation of Uyghurs in China, local media reported.
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Pakistan: State patronage propels Sunni groups to target Shias, Ahmadis
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 18 (ANI): Sectarian violence in Pakistan is on the rise as Sunni groups are threatening Shias, Ahmadis and non-Muslim minorities under the state patronage.
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Oppressor of minorities, China celebrates National Day to mark Democratic
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 17 (ANI): China celebrates October 1 every year as the National Day to commemorate the end of dynastic rule in the country, but it is ironic that the Communist nation adopts an oppressive stance towards the minorities.
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China's strict surveillance keeps citizens away from its crimes against hu
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 14 (ANI): The evidence of Chinese forced assimilation of ethnic minorities in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is overwhelming, but the Chinese Communist Party with its sensors, working overtime, won't let its own citizens see any of it.
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Journalist arrested for reporting plight of Hindu flood victims in Pakista
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 13 (ANI): Pakistan Police arrested a journalist for allegedly reporting on the plight of Pakistani Hindus trapped in the ongoing floods in Pakistan's Sindh province. These affected people later claimed that they were deprived of basic resources to survive the
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In a humanitarian gesture, Hindu community in Pakistan open temple door fo
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Quetta [Pakistan], September 11 (ANI): As Pakistan is facing its worst devastation due to the floods, the Hindu community in Balochistan has come up with a gesture of humanity and religious harmony, by opening the doors of a temple to shelter flood-affected people.
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"Khichdi government will hear voice of weaker section", Owaisi takes jibe
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], September 10 (ANI): Hitting out at BJP for surpassing the minorities and weaker section of the society, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday took a jibe at the Centre stating that it is better if "khichdi (coalition) government is formed" and a "weaker pri
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ISIS group targets religious minorities in Afghanistan, says HRW
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 8 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said the Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP) repeatedly attacked Hazaras and other religious minorities at their mosques, schools, and workplaces.
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High time situation of Uyghurs is discussed in UN Security Council: World
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], September 8 (ANI): In the wake of serious human rights violations against Uyghur minorities in China, the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) said that it is about time that the situation of Uyghurs should be discussed at the UN security council and the human rights council.
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China must address human rights violations, world must not turn a blind ey
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 7 (ANI): Independent UN experts said on Wednesday that profound concerns over systematic human rights violations and their widespread effect on individuals and minorities in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region cannot, and should not, be ignored by the in
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