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Ethnic minorities in England less likely to report using e-cigarettes to r
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], March 19 (ANI): Ethnic minority groups may be missing out on a means of reducing smoking, suggest the findings of a new survey.
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Human rights group from Kashmir asks UN to probe mass graves in Gilgit, Ba
Updated : 5 years, 3 months 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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Uyghur rights group applauds US' atrocity determination of Chinese genocid
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 20 (ANI): Campaign For Uyghurs (CFU), a US-based rights group on Tuesday applauded the outgoing Donald Trump administration's reiteration that China has committed genocide against Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang.
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In final act, outgoing Trump administration declares China's atrocities ag
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 20 (ANI): In a final blow to Beijing, the outgoing Trump administration on Tuesday (local time) determined that China has committed genocide against Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang and said that Chinese Communist Party (CC
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US State Dept releases new webpage on China's atrocities on Uyghurs in Xin
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 14 (ANI): The US State Department has released a new webpage highlighting the Chinese government's human rights abuses committed against Uyghurs and other minority groups in Xinjiang Province in northwestern China.
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MEA thanks Kabul for safe return of 11 Afghan Sikhs, Hindus
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Sunday thanked the Government of Afghanistan for extending necessary support for the safe return of 11 people belonging to the Sikh and Hindu minority community, including Nidan Singh Sachdeva, who was kidnapped by t
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Nepal Opposition take to streets against discriminative Citizenship Act
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], July 1 (ANI): The Nepal's opposition Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) on Tuesday staged nationwide protests against the new Citizenship Bill claiming it to have targeted the minority groups of the nation.
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US report says China uses counter-terrorism as pretext to detain, carry ou
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 24 (ANI): A US report issued by the Department of State has said that China uses counter-terrorism (CT) as a pretext to detain and carry out a repressive campaign against millions of Uighurs and members of other Muslim minority groups in internment camps in the Xi
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US report on religious freedom accuses China of intensifying repression of
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 11 (ANI): An annual report on religious freedom released by the US State Department accuses China of intensifying religious repression on its minority groups, particularly the Uighurs of northwest Xinjiang province, Christians, Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists, and Falu
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Lack of medical facilities in Balochistan hospitals leaves 3 dead in 24 ho
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], June 10 (ANI): As many as three people, including two children, passed away within 24 hours in three districts of Balochistan due to the unavailability of medical facilities in hospitals in the province, local media reported.
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World Sindhi Congress urges UN group to inquiry into enforced disappearanc
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], June 4 (ANI): The World Sindhi Congress (WSC), a UK-based prominent group of the Sindhi diaspora, has requested the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) to initiate an inquiry into the secret abduction and forced imprisonment by the state of Pakista
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George Floyd unrest may threaten jump in COVID-19 cases among minority gro
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 1 (ANI): Health officials have expressed distress that the ongoing protests against police brutality toward African-Americans and Latino populations, spurred by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, could result in another jump in coronavirus cases in the comi
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