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"Voices from Margins": Side event at Human Rights Council highlights urgen
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD), together with partners, hosted a side event on Monday at the 60th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva titled, "Voices from the Margins: Protecting Minority Rights in South Asia." The event brought to attention religious persecution faced b
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HRCP report Streets of Fear exposes worsening religious persecution
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The report emphasised an alarming increase in violence against religious minorities, including the demolition of places of worship and the targeted killings of Ahmadis, the post said.
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"Ensure justice served...intolerance not tolerated": Conrad Sangma writes
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The CM condemned the arrest, calling it an example of religious persecution, and demanded a fair investigation, withdrawal of the "false case", and protection of minority rights.
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Religious persecution of minorities in Pakistan exposed at UK Parliament,
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Parliamentarians, human rights advocates, and community representatives provided testimony and presented documented evidence revealing that atrocities against Hindus, Christians, Shias, and Ahmadis are not isolated incidents.
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Amjad Ayub Mirza exposes systemic persecution of religious minorities in P
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
Amjad Ayub Mirza highlights rising violence and discrimination against religious minorities in Pakistan, including forced conversions, attacks, and exclusion from jobs and education. The report shows minorities face systemic persecution backed by laws and social attitudes, making life dif
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Zurich gathering marks 30 years since disappearance of 11th Panchen Lama
Updated : 9 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Over 200 Tibetans and rights advocates gathered in Zurich to mark 30 years since the disappearance of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima. The event, part of a global movement, called on China to reveal his whereabouts and address ongoing religious persecution in Tibet.
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EU urged to suspend Pakistan's trade benefits over human rights violations
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Politicians and human rights organizations have called on the European Union (EU) to suspend Pakistan's preferential tariff benefits for exports under the Generalized Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) until the country takes concrete steps to address widespread human rights violations and
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Congressional briefing sheds light on religious persecution and human traf
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The event's keynote speaker, Danish Kaneria, one of Pakistan's most successful cricket players and the last Hindu to represent the national team, delivered a poignant speech.
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Chinese diaspora in Austria hold protest against ongoing religious persecu
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The protestors carried placards and chanted slogans condemning the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) crackdown on religious groups.
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Mahato urges Nobel panel to reassess Yunus' legacy, address violence
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Jyotirmoy Singh Mahato, MP from Purulia, has written to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, urging them to reconsider the legacy of Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus amidst allegations of atrocities against Hindus in Bangladesh under his leadership. Mahato detailed mass killings, religious persecutio
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"Situation is critical, dire": UK MP Jim Shannon condemns religious persec
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
"Minority students are forced to study Islamic content, isolating them further in a society already fraught with prejudice. Economic discrimination compounds those challenges. Non-Muslims are often relegated to low-status jobs with limited opportunity for social or professional mobility. Tha
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Pakistan: Report highlights alarming trends of religious persecution again
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The incident showed a troubling pattern in Pakistan where blasphemy accusations lead to violence against Christian communities
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