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Religious freedom in India is a fundamental right: VP Naidu
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (India), June 29 (ANI) Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu said on Saturday that religious freedom in India is a fundamental right guaranteed under Constitution that ensures equality without any discrimination based on religion.
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Let's defend religious freedom for all: Mike Pompeo says on India visit
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): In a significant statement, visiting United States Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said on Wednesday that people should stand up in defence of religious freedom for all and if there was a compromise on it, the world is worse off.
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Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi calls International Religious Freedom report 'prejudic
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 23 (ANI): India's Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday rejected as "prejudiced" the US State Department's report on International Religious Freedom 2018 criticising the BJP government.
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BJP rejects US report on religious freedom, attack on minorities in India
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 22 (ANI): BJP on Saturday rejected a US report on religious freedom which accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi government of failing to tackle "mob attacks by violent extremist Hindu groups against minority communities" and said the assaults were a result of "local
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US urges Pak to release those held for blasphemy, asks China to curb relig
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 22 (ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday urged Pakistan to release over 40 people from the religious minority community who have been serving jail term or facing execution on blasphemy charges in the country.
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Pak rejects listing as religious freedom violator by US
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 12 (ANI): Responding to United States Department of State's designation of Pakistan as 'Countries of Particular Concern' under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, Islamabad rejected the profiling, terming it 'unilateral and politically motivated pronou
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US blacklists Pakistan for violating religious freedom
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 11 (ANI): The United States has designated Pakistan as one of the Countries of Particular Concern under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 for having engaged in or tolerated "systematic, ongoing, (and) egregious violations of religious freedom".
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Issue of minorities' persecution in Pak to be raised at US Capitol Hill
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Sep 01 (ANI): Voice of Karachi (VOK) and South Asia Minorities Alliance Foundation (SAMAF) will jointly hold an event at the United States Capitol Hill on September 5 to highlight the issue of religious freedom and minority rights in Pakistan.
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Minority groups in China facing repression, says Ministerial to Advance Re
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 27 (ANI): The first-ever Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, that held its meeting in Washington this week, has expressed serious concerns over restrictions on religious freedom in China, particularly on the minority groups such as Uighurs, Hui, Kazakh Musli
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Religious freedom as important as freedom of rights: Nikki Haley
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jun 27 (ANI): United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley said freedom of religion is as important as freedom of rights.
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Paranoid China attacks religion
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Shanghai [China], May 14 (ANI): China's constitution - specifically article 36 that includes the words "no state organ, public organization or individual may compel citizens to believe in, or not to believe in, any religion; nor may they discriminate against citizens who believe in, or do
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Pakistan's minorities fleeing over denial of religious freedom
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 17 (ANI): Growing extremism and religious intolerance is leading to thousands of Christians, Ahmadis and Hindus reportedly fleeing Pakistan.
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