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Rights group highlights persecution of Baloch residents, laments lack of g
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
BYC stated that while the world commemorates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and champions slogans of equality and justice, the Baloch nation continues to be denied its most fundamental right--the right to life.
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Tibetan monk faces family tragedy, health struggles after release from Chi
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Tibetan Buddhist monk Rachung Gendun, imprisoned for sending donations to the Dalai Lama, has been released after serving three and a half years in Chinese detention. Reports indicate he is in poor health and receiving treatment at a hospital in Chengdu. During his incarceration, Gendun endu
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Mahato urges Nobel panel to reassess Yunus' legacy, address violence
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Jyotirmoy Singh Mahato, MP from Purulia, has written to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, urging them to reconsider the legacy of Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus amidst allegations of atrocities against Hindus in Bangladesh under his leadership. Mahato detailed mass killings, religious persecutio
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"Situation is critical, dire": UK MP Jim Shannon condemns religious persec
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
"Minority students are forced to study Islamic content, isolating them further in a society already fraught with prejudice. Economic discrimination compounds those challenges. Non-Muslims are often relegated to low-status jobs with limited opportunity for social or professional mobility. Tha
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"Moment of existential threat not only for Bangladesh's minorities but ent
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Johnnie Moore, the former Commissioner of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), expressed views on how global leaders have maintained silence on the persecution of minorities in Bangladesh.
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ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Myanmar junta chief over Rohingya
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The military campaign forced approximately 700,000 Rohingya to flee to Bangladesh amid widespread reports of massacres, rape, and arson.
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East Turkistan govt in exile remembers Urumqi fire victims, urges global r
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) remembered the 44 Uyghur lives tragically lost in the November 24, 2022, Urumqi fire, along with countless others who had reportedly died due to China's deliberate neglect under its oppressive "Zero-COVID" policies.
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Lawmakers urge UN intervention to protect 48 Uyghurs held in Thai detentio
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Since 2014, four dozen Uyghur men have been confined at Thailand's Immigration Detention Centre (Suan Phlu) after attempting to flee persecution in China by passing through Thailand.
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World Uyghur Congress calls for an end to persecution of Uyghur activists'
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has issued a call for the Chinese government to stop persecuting the families of Uyghur activists. This appeal comes after news of harsh sentences imposed on family members of WUC leader Dolkun Isa, highlighting the ongoing repression faced by Uyghur commun
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Geneva: Kashmiri activist raises concern over persecution of religious min
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Javed Beigh, a political activist from Jammu and Kashmir, raised concerns about the ongoing persecution of religious and ethnic minorities in Pakistan during an event at the Geneva Press Club.
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"Have nothing to apologise for": Khyber Pakhtunkhwa CM Gandapur hits back
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
In response to the Punjab government's "persecution" of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur sought an apology on Sunday and said that he had "nothing to apologise for."
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Uyghurs in US commemorate 10th anniversary of Yarkand massacre, call for a
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The event called for urgent US action against China's ongoing persecution of Uyghurs. Yarkand massacre occurred on July 28, 2014, when Chinese security forces brutally suppressed peaceful Uyghur protesters in Yarkand County, Xinjiang, China.
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