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UK-based media outlet calls on EU to suspend Pak's favoured trading status
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], April 27 (ANI): On the grounds of continued human rights abuses in Pakistan, a London-based media outlet is set to host a program calling out for suspension of Pakistan's favoured GSP+ trading status with the European Commission which was approved by the EU parliament in April 2
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Forced conversion of Hindu girls in Pakistan's Sindh remains rampant
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 19 (ANI): Last month, Hindu girl Pooja Kumari was killed by a man at her home in Pakistan's Sindh province. Pooja Kumari was shot in Sukkur after she put up resistance to the attackers.
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US State Dept report paints grim picture of human rights abuses in Pakista
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 14 (ANI): Citing numerous cases of extrajudicial killings, suppression of media freedom and highlighting 'pervasive corruption' in politics and the government, the US State Department report painted a grim picture of human rights abuses in Pakistan.
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Human Rights Watch airs concern over civil rights abuses in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 16 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch portrays a grim picture of civil rights abuses in Pakistan and the increasing persecution of religious minorities and marginalised groups.
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Geneva: Photo exhibition highlights human rights abuses in Balochistan
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva (Switzerland) July 7 (ANI): A photo exhibition has been organised at Broken Chair, a famous icon in front of the United Nations office in Geneva, highlighting the atrocities and the human rights abuses in Pakistan's Balochistan province that have collaborated with the multi-billion do
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World Sindhi Congress urges G7 leaders to take action against human rights
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], June 16 (ANI): As the much-coveted Group of Seven (G7) concluded recently, the World Sindhi Congress (WSC) has urged world leaders of the summit to take action against ongoing grave human rights atrocities against Sindhi people in Pakistan.
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US report reveals troubling human rights abuses in Pakistan
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 13 (ANI): US State Department has issued its report on human rights condition in different countries across the world. It has also discussed Pakistan, in terms of different issues including human rights violation, freedom of expression, the plight of minorities, m
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Religious minorities in Pakistan treated as non-citizens: report
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 2 (ANI): Revealing the ongoing human rights abuses in Pakistan, yet another rights group has disclosed how the lives of minority communities in the country are perpetually under siege, and religious minorities are treated as "non-citizens", one without a voice and
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Mobile banners rolled out in Durban, protest against human rights abuses i
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Durban [South Africa], November 25 (ANI): Several mobile banners have been rolled out in Durban, South Africa, protesting against human rights abuses in Pakistan, ahead of the 12th anniversary of the heinous Mumbai terror attack in 2008, which claimed the lives of over 160 people.
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Aurat March: Women in Pakistan protest against violence, rape, honour kill
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], Mar 08 (ANI): So, they are marching. They are marching in Lahore and in many other Pakistani cities despite being threatened, abused and harassed on social media and otherwise. They are marching in Lahore holding placards with the picture of the late Asma Jehangir, an icon and
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US lawmakers urge Trump to raise Pak's human rights abuse issue during mee
Updated : 7 years 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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Seminar held on rights abuse in Pakistan
Updated : 8 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): A seminar on "Human Rights abuses in Pakistan" was organised by the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in collaboration with Asian-Eurasian Human Rights Forum today.
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