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Beijing threatens reciprocal sanctions after US unveils visa curbs on Chin
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 23 (ANI): China has threatened the United States with retaliatory sanctions after Washington announced visa restrictions on officials over human rights violations in the country.
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US imposes travel bans on Chinese officials for repression of ethnic, reli
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 22 (ANI): The United States has imposed visa restrictions on Chinese officials for their involvement in the repression of ethnic and religious minority groups inside and outside the border of China.
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Protest rally held in Taiwan ahead of Tibet National Uprising Day
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], March 6 (ANI): Ahead of the Tibetan Uprising Day, dozens of people took to the streets of Taipei on Saturday to call to bring attention to the atrocities on Tibetians and other minority groups by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
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Kerala leader VD Satheesan writes to PM Modi over 'attacks against minorit
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 26 (ANI): Leader of Opposition in Kerala Assembly VD Satheesan has sent a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing his concern over the alleged wave of attacks against minority groups.
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US calls on China to end genocide, crimes in Xinjiang province: Blinken
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 24 (ANI): The US called on China to immediately end genocide and crimes against Muslim Uyghurs and other minority groups in Xinjiang province.
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Pakistan: NCHR members seek inclusion of minorities in policymaking proces
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], December 15 (ANI): National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) members have stressed the need for taking non-Muslims on board in the legislative and policymaking process during a consultative meeting on the rights of minority groups held here on Monday.
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Members of civil society, minority groups in Pakistan's Sindh province hol
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], December 11 (ANI): Civil Society organisations and members of minority communities in Pakistan's Sindh province held rallies against 'forced conversion' to mark the occasion of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Day and demanded that the government to enact and eff
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Taliban isolated, silenced female population in Afghanistan and left them
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], October 14 (ANI): With the Taliban back at the helm in Afghanistan and the country's humanitarian and economic crises deepening, many Afghans are living in fear, especially women and minority groups. Despite the group's claim to be more moderate, reports of violence by Taliban f
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Postpone, relocate 2022 Winter Olympics if China does not end abuses: US l
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], July 25 (ANI): A group of US lawmakers has called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to postpone the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and relocate the games unless China ends the ongoing "genocide" against Uyghurs and other minority groups.
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Tibet, China's pioneer in social control
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Hong Kong, May 10 (ANI): As much as China is trying to silence critics and hide its pogroms against Uyghurs in Xinjiang, more and more is being exposed of its horrendous human rights abuses there. Unfortunately, China will not settle for just exorcising Uyghur culture, as other minority grou
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Greater risk of poor COVID outcomes in minority ethnic groups in England:
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Cambridge [England], May 1 (ANI): Minority ethnic groups had a higher risk of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 and of COVID-19-related hospitalisations, intensive care (ICU) admissions and death compared with white groups in England, according to an observational study published in The Lancet
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Biden administration declares Chinese actions in Xinjiang as 'genocide'
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], March 31 (ANI): Amid escalating tensions with Beijing, the Biden administration on Tuesday (local time) declared Chinese actions against the Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang as 'genocide'.
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