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UNHRC Special Rapporteur's report links inflammatory remarks by BJP leader
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 12 (ANI): E. Tendayi Achiume, the Special Rapporteur appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council, in her report on 'Contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia', has said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India has been linked to
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Minority groups in China facing repression, says Ministerial to Advance Re
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 27 (ANI): The first-ever Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, that held its meeting in Washington this week, has expressed serious concerns over restrictions on religious freedom in China, particularly on the minority groups such as Uighurs, Hui, Kazakh Musli
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Pakistan Army carrying out ethnic cleansing of minority groups: Nadeem Nus
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 15 (ANI): Nadeem Nusrat, the spokesperson for the 'Free Karachi' campaign has said that the Pakistan Army was carrying out "ethnic cleansing" on the minority groups in Pakistan, adding that they were in grave danger.
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China frequently cracking down on expressions of Muslim identity over terr
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. (United States), July 14 (ANI): A more than decade-long study on anti-Muslim sentiment in China has found that a majority of Chinese view Islam, minority groups and particularly Muslim groups residing in the country's Xinjiang province with suspicion because of concerns
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China using new counter-terrorism policy to repress Tibetans, Uyghurs: Eur
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Feb.15 (ANI): In an in-depth discussion about the adverse effects China's counter-terrorism policy on minority groups such as Tibetans and Uyghurs, leaders of the European Parliament (EP) have said that they are well aware of the fact that Beijing is primarily using
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Protests in Malaysia in support of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], Dec. 4 (ANI): Thousands of Malaysians and Rohingya refugees gathered at Titiwangsa Stadium to protest against the alleged state-endorsed persecution of the Muslim minority group in Myanmar on Sunday.
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Suspected militants kill two members of Pakistan's minority Kalasha C
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad, Aug. 4 (ANI): Suspected militants have killed two members of a religious minority group along the porous border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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