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MHA invites applications for Indian citizenship from 'minority community'
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday invited applications from the immigrants belonging to minority communities from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, residing in 13 districts of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Punjab to apply for Indian
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Karachi: Families of missing Shias protest, Governor didn't even accept th
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], April 22 (ANI): As authorities in Pakistan continue the persecution of minority communities- especially of Shias, families and leaders of the Joint Action Committee for Shia Missing Persons protested at Sindh Governor House.
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Being Black, Latino, or Asian should not be death sentence: Hillary Clinto
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 17 (ANI): Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday raised the issue of police shooting and growing hate crime against the minority communities in the United States.
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Religious minorities in Pakistan treated as non-citizens: report
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 2 (ANI): Revealing the ongoing human rights abuses in Pakistan, yet another rights group has disclosed how the lives of minority communities in the country are perpetually under siege, and religious minorities are treated as "non-citizens", one without a voice and
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US, allies announce sanctions against Chinese officials for "serious human
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington, DC [US], March 22 (ANI): As China continues to impose severe crackdowns on the Uyghur and other minority communities, the US announced sanctions Monday against two Chinese officials for "serious human rights abuses", the Treasury Department said.
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EU hits China with sanctions over Uyghur 'genocide'
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], March 22 (ANI): As China continues to impose severe crackdowns on the Uyghur and other minority communities, the European Union has confirmed its first sanctions on Chinese officials since 1989, targeting four officials and one entity.
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YSRCP elects 60.47 pc women, 78 pc representatives from SC, ST, BC, minori
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], March 19 (ANI): YSRCP has elects 60.47 per cent women and 78 per cent representatives from SC/ST/BC/Minority Communities out of 86 Mayors/Chairpersons of Municipalities/Municipal Corporations in the state.
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Exposure density and neighbourhood disparities in COVID-19 infection risk:
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New York [US], March 17 (ANI): Researchers report that neighbourhood changes in exposure density--a measure of activity associated with increased risk of exposure to COVID-19-infected individuals--in New York City in response to a statewide stay-at-home order were associated with COVID-19
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Human rights activist writes to UN about Pak-sponsored terrorist attacks o
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 5 (ANI): Professor Fernand de Varennes, special rapporteur on minority issues on Tuesday has written a letter to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) informing about the Pakistan-sponsored terrorist attacks on the Hindu minority communi
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Baseless imprisonments surge in China's Xinjiang province: Human Rights Wa
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New York [US], February 24 (ANI): The Chinese government has increased its "groundless prosecutions" with long prison sentences for Uyghurs and other minority communities in recent years in China's Xinjiang province, according to the Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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Speak to relatives of Baloch missing persons: Maryam Nawaz asks Pak PM
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 18 (ANI): Amid the growing atrocities against the minority communities of Pakistan, PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz has asked Prime Minister Imran Khan to speak to the relatives of the Baloch missing persons who are protesting in Islamabad against the various
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Baloch rights group holds march in Islamabad against abduction, torture by
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 18 (ANI): In a bid to highlight the plight of minority communities in Pakistan, a rights group -- Baloch Voice of Missing Persons (BVMP) has been holding demonstrations in Islamabad over the issue of forced abduction, torture, and harassment of the people of
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