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Congress, Trinamool question timing of Centre's announcement to notify CAA
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The CAA rules, introduced by the Narendra Modi government, aims to confer Indian citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim migrants.
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Centre notifies implementation of Citizenship Amendment Act rules
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The CAA rules, introduced by the Narendra Modi government and passed by Parliament in 2019, aim to confer Indian citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim migrants - including Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis, and Christians - who migrated from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan and
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Nicaragua: Five priests arrested in 2 days in escalating crackdown on Cath
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Reports on the situation in Nicaragua surfaced through social media posts by exiled lawyer Martha Patricia Molina, raising further alarm at the United Nations.
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London: "China’s dictators" condemned by UK parliamentarians, human rights
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
“Nothing to celebrate” was the central theme of the protest, organised by China’s persecuted communities, including Hongkongers, Southern Mongolians, Tibetans and Uyghurs, according to Global Alliance for Tibet and Persecuted Minorities, a UK-based rights group.
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“No celebrations - China’s Dictators”: Members of persecuted Chinese commu
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Members of China’s persecuted communities and rights groups staged a peaceful protest outside the InterContinental Hotel in Mayfair, London on Sunday, where the Chinese Embassy was hosting its 74th anniversary celebration of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
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US blacklists two China-based firms over Uyghur forced labour concerns
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The United States has sanctioned two Chinese companies for their labour practices, accusing the firms of deliberately targeting the members of persecuted communities in China.
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Pakistan: Report highlights kidnapping, forced marriages of minorities
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
he religious minorities, mainly Hindu and Christian women and children continue to be oppressed and persecuted, at the same time facing the risk of being kidnapped, forcibly converted, raped, and coerced into a "marriage" with an older or elderly man, Gatestone Institute reported.
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"No religious minority can freely live or practice its religion in Pakista
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Using its right to reply, India's representative Seema Pujani slammed her Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar and said, "No religious minority can freely live or practice its religion in Pakistan today. The Ahmadiya community continues to be persecuted by the state for simply practisi
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33-years of Kashmiri Pandit genocide observed in UK Parliament
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The event took place as a reminder to the world that Hindus in Jammu and Kashmir were persecuted and forced to flee their homeland in 1989- 1990 and 33 years later, targeted Hindu killings are still taking place.
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Regression of women's rights continues in Afghanistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 23 (ANI): Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August last year, women and girls in the country continue to be persecuted for speaking out for fundamental rights and have been limited to their homes, according to a recent report of United Nations.
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74 pc of Bangladeshis think that Chinese govt is repressive towards Uighur
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], October 23 (ANI): As many as 74 percent of Bangladeshi citizens think that the Chinese government is repressive towards Uyghur Muslims while 24 per cent think that they are being persecuted just because of their religious identity, according to a survey.
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Rights group condemns Pakistan for backing brutal Chinese regime in Tibet
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], September 30 (ANI): The Global Alliance for Tibet and Persecuted Minorities, a UK-based rights group condemned Pakistan and China-puppet countries for supporting China over human rights violations in Tibet, Hong Kong and Xinjiang.
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