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Human rights group from Kashmir asks UN to probe mass graves in Gilgit, Ba
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], February 16 (ANI): In a bid to highlight the plight of minority communities in Pakistan, a human rights group from Kashmir has issued a memorandum calling on United Nations to look into the humanitarian crisis in Pakistan occupied Kashmir and probe the m
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Rejection of British National Overseas passports leaves ethnic minority co
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, February 2 (ANI): Thousands of members of ethnic minority communities in Hong Kong - Indians, Pakistanis, Nepalese - who only have a British National Overseas BN (O) passport are facing fresh hurdle in going abroad after the government said it no longer recognised the document
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British Jews condemn Uyghur persecution in China on Holocaust Remembrance
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], January 28 (ANI): On the International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Wednesday, prominent Jewish figures spoke out over China's state-run campaign against its minority communities including Uyghurs in the Xinjiang province.
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'BJP ignoring SC/ST, minority': Cong leader Mahadevappa on K'taka cabinet
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 15 (ANI): Senior Congress leader and former minister HC Mahadevappa on Friday slammed the Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa over the state cabinet expansion, alleging that the BJP government in the state is ignoring the SC/ST and minority communit
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Senior Iranian cleric demands Imran Khan to end targeted killing of Pakist
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], January 11 (ANI): Condemning the recent attack in Pakistan that killed 11 people from the minority Shiite Hazara community in Balochistan, senior Iranian cleric Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi has demanded Imran Khan-led government to put an end to the targeted killing of the
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Advocates condemn mass arrests in Hong Kong on suspicion of violating secu
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong [China], January 9 (ANI): Advocates for Hong Kong's underprivileged and ethnic minority communities on Friday slammed authorities over the recent mass arrests of 53 former lawmakers and activists, including two of their colleagues and respected rights figures, with one group accusi
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Minority communities protest against destruction of Hindu temple in Pakist
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Karak [Pakistan], January 4 (ANI): Members of the minority communities on Sunday held a protest outside the Peshawar Press Club against the demolition of Hindu temple in Karak district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province demanding government to take action against the police officials for not tak
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Imran Khan, Pak Army attacking minorities amidst rising public anger again
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Glasgow [Scotland], December 31 (ANI): In the face of rising public anger against the Pakistan Army and with Prime Minister Imran Khan's power dwindling, incidents of vandalism on places of worship of minority communities have gone up, according to human rights activists.
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Religious minorities face atrocities from majority community, govt in Paki
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], December 10 (ANI): In another instance of violence against minority communities in Pakistan, residents of a majority community neighborhood in Joglar village, Tharparker in Sindh province attacked homes of a minority community.
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Enforced disappearances of Sindhi people by govt agencies continue unabate
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 25 (ANI): Enforced disappearances of Sindhi people by Pakistan agencies continue unabated in the country and abduction is used as a tool to spread terror among the minority communities, said Secretary-General of World Sindhi Congress, Lakhu Luhana on Thursday
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Abduction of girls from minority communities continues in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 22 (ANI): There is a long history of abduction of women from religious minority communities in Pakistan and minor girls continue to be victims of religious violence and persecution, according to a report.
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Over 4 cr scholarships given to students of minority communities since 201
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 15 (ANI): Ministry of Minority Affairs has implemented various welfare schemes for six Centrally notified minority communities and distributed over 4 crore scholarships for educational empowerment of students, said Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas
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