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Afghanistan: Shia community urges Taliban to formalize sect, protect citiz
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 28 (ANI): Shias, who have faced persecution in Afghanistan, on Tuesday, urged the Taliban to formalize their sect and protect their citizenship rights in the framework of an inclusive government.
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Chinese people's number seeking asylum in other nations surges dramaticall
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 23 (ANI): The number of Chinese and other people -- living in Beijing-controlled territories -- seeking asylum in foreign countries has surged dramatically in the past decade, which experts say is an indication of growing fears of Beijing's oppressive policies among
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Religious scholars condemn persecution of Shia, Hazara minorities in Islam
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], December 11 (ANI): Religious scholars have raised concerns about the persecution of Shia and Hazara minorities in the Islamic nations, especially Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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Russian Embassy outraged over US hostile actions toward Russian Community
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The Russian Embassy to the United States has expressed outrage over the US hostile actions toward the Russian Community Council of the USA (RCC) and called on Washington to immediately stop the persecution of representatives of the Russian diaspora
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Ahamdis' persecution intensifying since Imran Khan govt came to power: Ahm
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 17 (ANI): Highlighting the state-sponsored persecution of Ahmadis in Pakistan, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat wrote to the President of the UN Human Rights Council, informing that Imran Khan-led government have banned over 20 websites affiliated with the Ahmadiyya Mus
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Uyghurs who fled China still await asylum status, say world have abandoned
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 10 (ANI): Muslim Uyghurs of Xinjiang who fled China amid discrimination, imprisonment, torture, enforced sterilization, and persecution has still not been granted asylum and they said that the world has abandoned them.
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Sikhs in Pakistan face continuous persecution, uncertain of their future
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 15 (ANI): A spate of killings since 2014, has raised worries that Sikhs might be the latest target of Pakistan's religious extremist groups, leaving community members uncertain of their future in the country.
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Human rights organisations alarmed over recent persecution of Ahmadiyya co
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 23 (ANI): Many international human rights organisations are alarmed over the recent persecution of the Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan.
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Afghans to stage protest outside UN office in Geneva against persecution o
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 10 (ANI): Afghans will organise a protest outside the UN office in Geneva on International Day of Peace on September 21 against "illegal takeover of Afghanistan" and "persecution of religious and ethnic minorities" by the Taliban regime, a rights activist said
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Taliban must stop violence on demonstrators, reporters, says UN rights age
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 10 (ANI): The Taliban must stop resorting to violence and the persecution of peaceful demonstrators and reporters covering rallies in Afghanistan, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on Friday.
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Uyghur refugees in Afghanistan who escaped persecution under fear as China
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 5 (ANI): Uyghur refugees in Afghanistan who escaped persecution are under the fear that they could be deported to China as it is wooing the Taliban.
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UN experts call for urgent protection of Journalists at risk of persecutio
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 4 (ANI): A group of UN human rights experts on Friday called on all countries to provide urgent protection to Afghan journalists and media workers who fear for their lives and face persecution in the war-torn country.
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