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Uyghur rights group empowers activists, students to challenge China's cult
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Marco Respinti, writing in Bitter Winter said that Campaign for Uyghurs on March 11-12 hosted the workshop to equip young Uyghur activists and students living in Turkey with the intellectual and practical tools and skills that may enable them to make their voice heard in the most effective w
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Pakistan invokes Shariah amid calls for compliance under European Union's
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
The country which has been enjoying the facility since 2014 has immensely gained from the zero import duty on 66 pc of the tariff lines. Due to it, Pak exports to EU increased substantially from EUR3.56 billion in 2013 to EUR6.64 billion in 2021, mostly in the textile, leather, sports and su
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India slams Pakistan at UNHRC, warns against spreading propaganda, attempt
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Indian diplomat said that the democracy of India is mature enough to address any issues, including those instigated from outside. He said that minorities in Pakistan face blasphemy laws, systemic persecution, discrimination, denial of basic rights and freedoms, enforced disappearances and ki
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"Water cess doesn't violate rights": CM Sukhu assures neighbouring states
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
CM Sukhu added that the assertion by Punjab and Haryana that the Himachal government's decision to impose water cess is against the Inter-State River Disputes Act, 1956 is not logical as it does not affect the water released to neighbouring states.
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UN: Pakistan Mission flooded with calls for protection of Christians
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Letters of protest by the organizations point to the systematic persecution of Christians, resulting in unjust punishments citing blasphemy, forced marriages of young Christian girls to older Muslim men, forced conversions in various parts of Pakistan and usurping of land and belongings of C
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Chacha Chaudhary and TERI launch comic on water sustainability on World Wa
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 23 (ANI/ATK): On the occasion of World Water Day, Chacha Chaudhary, the legendary comic hero of India in association with TERI brings a new talking comic titled as Chacha Chaudhary and Water - Our Right. It is an initiative to ensure access to piped water for every h
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Pashtun activist at UN exposes Pakistan's ties with Tehreek-e-Taliban Paki
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
In his intervention Fazal-ur-Rehman Afridi said, "We would like to turn the council's attention towards a deteriorating security situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Pakistan having grave implications for the basic fundamental rights and lives of Pashtun ethnic minority."
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Uyghur activist asks China to enforce UN recommendations to curb human rig
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Zumretay Arkin of the World Uyghur Congress in her intervention during the 52nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council said, "It is with increasing concern that we monitor the situation in the Uyghur Autonomous Region."
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PoK, Gilgit Baltistan witness rise in human rights abuses, activists infor
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
While giving an intervention during the 52nd Session of the Council, Nasir Aziz Khan, the central spokesperson of the United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) said, "Our organization would like to draw your attention to the serious human rights abuses that are taking place in Pakist
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Himachal government responds to Punjab assembly resolution, says it has ri
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Himachal Pradesh, which is ruled by Congress, said that the imposition of water cess does not involve any dispute regarding interstate release of quantum of water as the volume of water to be released to the neighboring state is not being affected
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India believes Human Rights Council needs to function in "cooperative, non
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
India strongly believes that Council needs to function in a "cooperative, objective, non-confrontational and non-politicized manner," Pawankumar Badhe, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of India, said at the 52nd Session of the Human Rights Council, which is being held from February 27-April 4.
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No freedom of expression in PoK, terror hideouts intact, activists tells U
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
People in PoK gave many examples where the students and political activists from the region are not allowed to express their opinions and they are treated as enemies and threatened.
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