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US envoy for Int'l Religious Freedom travels to Oak Creek Sikh Memorial, d
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 9 (ANI): U.S. Ambassador for International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain traveled to Oak Creek, Wisconsin August 5-6 to participate in the 10th Annual Oak Creek Sikh Memorial Anniversary Candlelight Remembrance Vigil.
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Pakistan witnesses rise in blasphemy cases
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 22 (ANI): The cases of blasphemy are once again on the rise in Pakistan, with regular targeting of religious minorities and multinational products in the market, on trumped-up charges.
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US seems less interested in trade with Pakistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 17 (ANI): Pakistan's dismal record in labour conditions, human rights, religious freedom and governance can turn out to be roadblocks in its attempts to secure a General System of Preferences (GSP) favour from the United States, according to a media report.
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International Religious Freedom confronts Pakistan over persecution of Ahm
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 12 (ANI): International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit which was organized in Washington confronted Pakistan on the global platform over the persecution of the Ahmadiyya community in the country.
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Policy of BJP govt is Gandhi in abroad and Godse in country: Yechury
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Sunday slammed the Central Government for dismissing the US panel's report on religious freedom in India and said that the policy of the BJP government is "Gandhi in abroad and Godse in t
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India rejects US commission report on religious freedom, says comments ref
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): India on Saturday dismissed the 2022 United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) report on religious freedom in India as "biased and inaccurate" and said that the comments reflect a severe lack of understanding of India and its consti
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Uyghur American elected as chairman of US Commission on International Reli
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): Uyghur-American lawyer Nury Turkel, who was born in Kashgar in a detention camp during China's Cultural Revolution was unanimously elected chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).
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Pakistan rejects Washington's report on religious freedom
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 11 (ANI): Pakistani Foreign Ministry on Friday rejected Washington's report on the deteriorating religious freedom in Pakistan, saying that it is an "arbitrary" assessment of the prevailing rights situation in the country.
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Afghanistan: Taliban close offices of two Shiite clerics in Ghazni
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 7 (ANI): The Taliban on Monday closed the offices of Ayatollah Mohammad Ishaq Fayyaz and Ayatollah Mohaqeq Kabuli, two Shiite clerics in Ghazni.
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US State Dept report highlights China's persecution of Tibetan Buddhism
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 4 (ANI): China is persecuting practitioners of religions "that it deems out of line with Chinese Communist Party doctrine," including by destroying Buddhist houses of worship, and referenced discrimination faced by Tibetan Buddhists, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken
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'Biased views, motivated inputs': India slams US report on religious freed
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): India on Friday responded to what it termed as "ill-informed comments" by senior US officials" on religious freedom in India and said it is unfortunate that vote bank politics is being practised in international relations.
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Religious minorities face societal discrimination in China: Report
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 3 (ANI): Revealing the true colour of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and throwing light on so-called religious freedom in China, an international report released by the United States has stated that religious minorities including Christians, Muslims, Tibetans in Beij
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