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Ahead of Khan-Trump meet, campaign on Balochistan's enforced disappearance
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 20 (ANI): Just a few days before Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's meeting with US President Donald Trump, the World Baloch Organisation and the Baloch Republican Party have launched an awareness campaign on the enforced disappearances in Balochistan.
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US lawmakers urge Trump to raise Pak's human rights abuse issue during mee
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [USA], July 20 (ANI): Ten US lawmakers have written to US President Donald Trump, urging him to raise the issue of human rights abuses in Pakistan's Sindh -- including enforced disappearances -- during his upcoming meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan here.
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Baloch organisations use reverse graffiti to protest against human rights
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], Jun 13 (ANI): Baloch activists from the World Baloch Organisation (WBO) and the Baloch Republican Party (BRP) organised reverse-graffiti protests (also called 'clean graffiti') in various spots around the London city centre in the early hours of Thursday.
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N Korea denounces US' statement on human rights abuses
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], May 12 (ANI): North Korea on Saturday came down heavily on the recent statement made by the US on human rights abuses in the reclusive state, claiming it was "nothing but a sophistry" and an attempt to "tarnish" Pyongyang's image.
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US slaps sanctions on 3 North Korean officials
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 11 (ANI): The United States Treasury Department on Monday imposed sanctions against three North Korean officials for alleged human rights abuses and carrying out censorship activities in the reclusive nation.
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Canadian MP flags human right abuses against Sindhis in Pakistan
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], Aug 13 (ANI) Canadian politician, Tom Kmiec, has raised concerns over persecution of Sindhis in Pakistan and named Pakistani security agencies for human rights abuses against them.
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Pashtuns blame Pakistan Army for rights abuse
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 14 (ANI): A massive crowd gathered in Karachi city to demand an end to human rights violations by Pakistan's military in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).
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Rohingya crisis: UNSC seeks investigation into human rights abuses
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanamar], May 3 (ANI): The United Nation Security Council (UNSC) team has asked the Myanmar government to conduct a proper investigation into alleged human rights abuses in northern Rakhine State.
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WBO raises Pak's human rights abuse in London
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], April 17 (ANI): English city Westminster has been emblazoned with slogans raising human rights issue in Pakistan ahead of Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London.
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Pakistan Army at the heart of Baloch rights abuse, say activists at UNHRC
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar. 10 (ANI): Pakistan's armed forces and intelligence agencies are at the heart of the continuing human rights violations in that country's Balochistan Province, claimed three senior Baloch activists in separate addresses at the 37th session of the United Nations Hum
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WBO launches human rights awareness campaign in Geneva
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 01 (ANI): The World Baloch Organisation (WBO) has launched its human rights awareness campaign in Geneva with trams and buses carrying advertisements highlighting the human rights abuses by Pakistan in Balochistan.
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Ex-Maldivian Prez welcomes report to take measures on human rights abusers
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 26 (ANI): Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed on Monday welcomed the case for "targeted sanctions" prepared by an American human rights activist, urging the European Union to impose restrictive measures on "serious human rights abusers in the Maldives".
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