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Amnesty to Pakistan: End alarming poll-linked crackdown
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
New York [United States], June 15 (ANI): New York-based human rights watchdog Amnesty International has appealed to authorities in Pakistan to end what it described as an alarming crackdown on human rights defenders, activists, journalists and other civil society members in the run up to the
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US based startup Masala Baby launches in India
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 15 (ANI): New York based children's lifestyle startup brand, Masala Baby, on Thursday announced its foray into the Indian market with a special collection of uniquely designed clothes, which will be available on Asia's biggest omni-channel player for kids an
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Pak's expulsion of foreign NGOs is rights' violation: Human Rights Watch
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New York City [United States], Dec 16 (ANI): Pakistan's decision to shut down at least 10 international organizations, without citing valid reasons, breaches the right to freedom of expression and association, according to the New York- based Human Rights Watch.
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Amnesty says Myanmar promoting 'apartheid' of Rohingyas
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [United States], Nov.21 (ANI): A study prepared by the New York-based Amnesty International has charged the Government of Myanmar with promoting and practicing a form of "apartheid" against the Rohingya population in that country's northern Rakhine state.
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Political uncertainty in Pakistan may adversely impact its rating: Moody&#
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], August2 (ANI): New York-based credit rating agency Moody's has expressed fears that political uncertainty in Pakistan after Nawaz Sharif's disqualification as Member of Parliament could pose risks to developmental policies and might impact adversely on its ratin
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HRW condemns forced relocation of ISIS families in rehabilitation camp in
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mosul [Iraq], July 13 (ANI): After declaring victory in Mosul, Iraqi authorities have forcibly relocated hundreds of families of alleged Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) terrorists to a "rehabilitation camp", which New York-based Human Rights Watch has termed as "an act
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HRW urges B'desh Govt. to end disappearances, secret detentions
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [United States], July 6 (ANI): The New York based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the Bangladesh Government to immediately stop widespread practice of enforced disappearances and secret detentions.
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Israel blocking rights workers access to Gaza: HRW
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Israel [Jerusalem], April 3 (ANI): The New York based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has alleged that Israeli military authorities are blocking access to and from the Gaza Strip for human rights workers, who document abuses and advocate to end them.
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HRW asks Nepal to investigate allegations of indiscriminate use of force b
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [USA], March. 10 (ANI): New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has asked authorities in Nepal to immediately investigate allegations of indiscriminate and excessive use of force by security forces that has led to four deaths in the country.
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New York techie gives 'talaq' to wife in Hyderabad...via Whatsap
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad [India], Mar. 5 (ANI): In yet another shocker highlighting the soaring trend of doling out 'talaq' via the internet, a New York based Indian has divorced his wife in Hyderabad via Whatsapp following family disputes.
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Dozens of garment workers, labor leaders facing unfair criminal cases in B
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [United States], Feb 15 (ANI): New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said in a report released on Wednesday that dozens of garment workers and labor leaders are facing unfair or apparently fabricated criminal cases in Bangladesh after wage strikes in December 2016.
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HRW accuses Pakistan of mass forced returns of afghan refugees
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Feb 13 (ANI): New York-based Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Monday that Pakistani authorities have carried out a campaign of abuses and threats to drive out nearly 600,000 Afghans since July 2016.
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