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Deprived of citizenship, 2.6 million Pak don't have social, political righ
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept 17 (ANI): An estimated 2.6 million women living in Pakistan's northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa do not possess a National Identity Card (NIC), rendering them ineligible to vote and restricting their ability to play a role in the political, social and econ
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Perpetrators of communal violence to be charged under ICCPR: Sri Lankan PM
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 16 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has ordered the police to charge the perpetrators of communal violence in the country on May 12 and 13 under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Act.
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Bangladesh witnessed diminishing democratic space in 2015: EU
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Sept. 21 (ANI): The European Union in its annual human rights report said that Bangladesh witnessed a diminishing democraticspace and steady deterioration in civil and political rights in 2015.
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Only supporters of Kashmir's accession to Pakistan allowed to contest
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept. 20 (ANI): United Kashmir People National Party chairman Shaukat Kashmiri has said that electoral laws in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) undermine the political rights of Kashmiris, as only those who support the accession of Kashmir to Pakistan are allowed to cont
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