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Over 70 pc minors among victims of forced conversion in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 10 (ANI): Pakistan's minority councillors have voiced their concerns over the lack of protection to religious minorities as the country is witnessing a steep increase in incidents of forced conversion, with cases rising from 15 in 2020 to over 60 in 2021, accord
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Tibetan NGOs urge international community to boycott Beijing Winter Olympi
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], January 5 (ANI): Protesting against China for its atrocities over the religious minorities and human rights violations in Tibet and other regions, five Tibetan NGOs in Dharamshala join the Global Day of Action to mark the one-month countdown of Winter
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Minorities' protests more frequent, widespread in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 18 (ANI): Amid the already deteriorating conditions of the minority communities in Pakistan, the protests in the country has become more frequent and widespread, said a Canada-based think tank, adding that religious minorities in the country are on the edge and
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A thousand minority girls, women abducted, converted to Islam, married off
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 8 (ANI): Over a thousand minor girls and women from Pakistan's religious minorities including Hindus and Christians are abducted, forcefully converted to Islam and are married off every year, revealed a new report.
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Pakistan authority cancels land allotment for Hindu temple in Islamabad
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 9 (ANI): In yet another case of discrimination against religious minorities, the City Development Authority (CDA) in Pakistan's national capital Islamabad has cancelled the allotment of land for a temple.
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Protests in Bangladesh against communal violence
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], October 23 (ANI): Hindu community leaders, students, teachers, and activists are set to demonstrate and observe a token hunger strike in Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh on Saturday to press home their demand for ensuring the safety and security of religious minorities
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Over 40 nations chide China at UN for atrocities in Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 23 (ANI): Over 40 Western countries have criticised China at the United Nations over the ongoing atrocities against Muslim Uyghurs and other religious minorities in Xinjiang.
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Attacks on religious minorities in Bangladesh: 3,721 houses, temples vanda
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh] October 19 (ANI): A rights group informed that around 3,721 attacks were reported on the Hindu community in Bangladesh in the last nine years.
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Sukhbir Singh condemns Taliban's forcibly entry into Afghanistan's Gurdwar
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], October 16 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday condemned the forcibly entering of the Taliban's heavily armed men into a Gurdwara in Afghanistan's Kabul and urged the government to take this matter to the international forum that
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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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Pakistan: Daesh claims responsibility for killing Sikh physician
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 3 (ANI): The terrorist organisation Islamic State (Daesh) has claimed responsibility for killing a Sikh community member earlier this week in Pakistan's Peshawar.
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Attacks against minorities in Pakistan continue, Sikh community member bru
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], September 30 (ANI): A Sikh community member was brutally murdered in Peshawar city of Pakistan after unidentified assailants shot at him four times.
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