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Taliban releases detained journalists following worldwide condemnation
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 19 (ANI): The Taliban has released the three Tolo News journalists who were detained amidst an ongoing crackdown against dissenting voices and minorities in the country.
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Pakistan witnesses unprecedented rise in attacks and arrests against Shia
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 18 (ANI): Pakistan has witnessed an unprecedented rise in attacks and arrests against its Shia minority, who make up between 15 per cent and 20 per cent of the Sunni-majority country, a media report said on Thursday.
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Baloch, Sindhi leaders raise voice against Pakistan, China for using 'brut
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Geneva [Switzerland], March 17 (ANI): Highlighting the gross human rights violations by Pakistan and China using the 'brutal military machines', the Baloch, Sindhi and other leaders provided insights about how the respective governments are exploiting the resources of the region and eliminat
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Activists raise issue of minority rights in Pakistan during protest outsid
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Geneva [Switzerland], March 16 (ANI): Political activists and human rights defenders participated in a protest in front of the United Nations office in Geneva on Wednesday to raise the issue of persecution of minorities in Pakistan.
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China destroys 3 Tibetan Buddhist statue since Dec 2021
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], March 16 (ANI): In a crackdown against ethnic minorities, China has destroyed three Buddhist statues since December 2021 in Tibet.
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Uyghur farmer serving 8-year sentence for saving wife from forced abortion
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Beijing [China], March 16 (ANI): A Uyghur farmer, sentenced to eight-year imprisonment for saving his wife from forced abortion, died in jail in 2020, said a media report citing another Uyghur in the know of the development and local police officials.
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NHRC directs J-K administration to take action on complaint about targeted
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New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday directed the Jammu and Kashmir administration to take appropriate action on a complaint moved by a Supreme Court lawyer seeking direction to provide compensation/damages to the families of four civilian
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Tibetans stage protest in Austria against Chinese atrocities
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Vienna [Austria], March 11 (ANI): Tibetan diaspora in Austria has protested against China over the human rights violations and atrocities faced by the religious and ethnic minorities including Tibetans, Uyghurs, and Hongkongers.
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Minorities in Pakistan fear mob lynching over blasphemy accusations
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 10 (ANI): Regular episodes of attacks on the minorities' properties and their religious places on fake or inadvertent blasphemy charges in Pakistan have been occurring on daily basis.
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China: Uyghur scholar gets 10-year imprisonment for promoting separatism,
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Beijing [China], March 10 (ANI): A Uyghur professor and translator has been sentenced to 10-year imprisonment in China's Xinjiang for "separatism" and "promoting Western culture", said a media report citing a village official and the convicted man's former Uyghur classmate.
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Human Rights Congress calls on global community to recognize genocide of B
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Washington -[US], March 9 (ANI): Human Rights Congress of Bangladesh minorities on the occasion of International Women's Day on March 8 called on the US and the international community to recognize the genocide of Bangladeshis by Pakistan.
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Women's day: Pakistan rights group protests against forceful conversions o
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Islamabad [Paksitan], March 9 (ANI): Observing International Women's Day 2022 in collaboration with Global Human Rights Defense (GHRD), Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) on Tuesday raised concerns over the increasing incidents of forceful conversions of girls from religious minorities in Pa
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