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CAB will be written in 'golden letters', permanent relief for those living
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 will be written in "golden" letters as it will give permanent relief to people coming to India due religious persecution in their countries.
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Muslims from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh won't get benefits of Citiz
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 9 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who tabled the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 in the Lok Sabha on Monday, said that Muslims from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh won't get the benefit of this amendment as they have not faced religious persecution.
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Pakistani Christian journalist harassed at work, resigns
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Nov 18 (ANI): In another example of religious intolerance in Pakistan, a Christian journalist was harassed by colleagues for her faith and insulted for not having converted to Islam after marrying a Muslim man.
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Religious persecution, violence against women salient features of Pakistan
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 23 (ANI): Religious persecution and violence against women are some of the most salient features of Pakistan, said Sindhi-American Human Rights activist Fatima Gul at the United States House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on 'Human Rights in South Asia' here
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Withdraw Pakistan's GSP plus status: EICC
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 15 (ANI): The Europe India Chamber of Commerce (EICC) has written a letter to the EU Commissioner for Trade, European Commission, Cecilia Malmstrom, calling to immediately withdraw Generalised System Preferences (GSP) plus status to Pakistan, over the country's contin
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Sindhi Foundation to hold protest against forceful conversion of girls in
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], Sept 12 (ANI): In a bid to highlight religious persecution in Pakistan, a US-based Sindhi organisation is planning to hold a protest against abduction and forceful conversion of Hindu girls from the community during the upcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) sess
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US-based minorities' body urges unity against religious persecution in Pak
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 19 (ANI): The rise of extremism and persecution of people based on faith and ethnicity is deplorable, said South Asia Minorities Alliance Foundation (SAMAF) chairman Nadeem Nusrat, calling for a united stand to set aside these differences.
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SC notice to Centre, Tripura on PIL challenging amendment in passport rule
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to Centre and Tripura government on a PIL challenging the Constitutional validity of passport Amendments Rules 2015 and Foreigners (Amendment) Order 2015 that regularises entry and stay of six communities int
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Chinese Christians facing religious persecution
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong [China]/Washington [United States], April 27 (ANI): Authorities in China are cracking down on Christians, taking steps ranging from demolition of churches, desecration of tombs, forbidding children from entering churches, threatening Catholics and denying government subsidies an
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