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Xinjiang Police Files: Global brands fret over reputational, commercial lo
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 29 (ANI): The release of Xinjiang Police Files, which shows the extent and extremely repressive nature of China's mass internment policies in East Turkistan, has made the companies that source cotton from the region in China rethink their supply chains.
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Assam govt to give minority certificates to six religious communities
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], May 29 (ANI): The Assam government has decided to provide minority certificates to six minority communities in the state, said state Health Minister Keshab Mahanta on Sunday.
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Chinese Minister says China's human rights protection will be aligned to n
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 29 (ANI): Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu on Saturday said that no one can claim perfection for human rights protection and China will follow that path on the issue which suits its national "conditions".
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Graves of minority Ahmadiyya community being desecrated in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 28 (ANI): Amid the already deteriorating condition of the minority communities in Pakistan, the country has gone below the belt with Ahmadiyyas as the graves of their dead are being dug up and their mortal remains being thrown away.
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Strange coincidence: Uyghur data leaks on eve of UN Rights Chief visit to
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 26 (ANI): In a strange coincidence to UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet's long-delayed visit to Xinjiang, a new leak of Chinese government records provides confidential documents, including speeches by high-ranking Chinese officials outlining their plans to repress, "edu
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Uyghur dies days after release from China detention camp, son collapses de
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 25 (ANI): A shocking incident has came to light from China's Xinjiang, as a goldsmith from the region's ethnic minority population died 20 days after being released from President Xi Jining's detention camp, followed by the death of his 20-year-old son the next day at hi
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Bharat Bandh today over caste-based census demand
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): The All India Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation (BAMCEF) has called for a Bharat Bandh today demanding a caste-based census.
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Resentment in Ahmadiyya Community in Pakistan over killing of 35 yr old
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 24 (ANI): Ahmadiyya Muslim sect in Pakistan has once again brought to light the deep-rooted disdain for minority communities in the country with a recent incident in Okara district where a 35-year-old community member was killed.
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Acutely aware of challenges faced by minorities in Pakistan: UK Minister
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 18 (ANI): UK's Minister of State for Foreign Commonwealth and Development Affairs Tariq Mahmood Ahmad on Tuesday said that he is "acutely aware of the challenges faced by minority communities in Pakistan" and noted that these issues are raised in a "constructive way" with Is
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Gyanvapi mosque row: BJP leader accuses Owaisi of playing victim card, try
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): Slamming AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi for his opposition to the survey at Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Minority Morcha spokesperson Syed Yaser Jilani on Tuesday said Owaisi is trying to "provoke a section and playing the victim
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Lord Rami Ranger slams Pakistan in British Parliament over religious perse
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 18 (ANI): Lord Rami Ranger raised the issue of persecution of minorities in Pakistan in the British Parliament in view of the recent killing of Sikh traders in Peshawar.
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AAPI Heritage Month: Biden pledges to 're-double' commitment to fight hate
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 18 (ANI): Hosting a reception to celebrate the contributions and influence of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of the United States, President Joe Biden condemned the violence and hateful rhetoric t
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