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Humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan 'nowhere' near over: Human rights activ
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 4 (ANI): Associate women's rights director and former senior Afghanistan researcher at Human Rights Watch, Heather Barr, has said that the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan is nowhere near over.
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Pakistan effects deep cut in PoK budget, activist calls situation 'alarmin
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Muzaffarabad [PoK], June 2 (ANI): Highlighting the plight of the people of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK), human rights activist and chairman of United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) Shaukat Ali Kashmiri said that the Pakistani government has cut the PoK development budget by Rs 2.
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Norwegian investigating Baloch disappearances in Pakistan brutally torture
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Islamabad [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): A Norwegian national and Human Rights Activist Ehsan Arjemandi, who went to Pakistan to investigate a large number of enforced disappearances of Baloch people was arbitrarily detained and brutally tortured.
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Court takes cognizance of NIA chargesheet against Ex IPS Negi, others in L
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): A Special NIA Court on Friday took cognizance of a charge sheet filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) against Ex IPS officer Arvind Digvijay Negi and human rights activist Khurram Parvez and others arrested in connection with a case of leaking s
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Paris Keswani founder of New York-based non-profit organisation to assist
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI/GPRC): Paris Keswani, a philanthropist and human rights activist based in the United States, has partnered with the New York-based non-profit organisation Great Giving Charitable Foundation Inc to help impoverished children, displaced orphans, battered mothers,
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CPEC alienates people in Gilgit Baltistan, advances Chinese interests: Rig
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], May 1 (ANI): As China continues to advance its hefty projects in Gilgit-Baltistan, regional experts have contended that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is only advancing Chinese interests in the region and alienated the people of illegal occupied region.
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Rights activist claims Pakistan saddled with economic, political mess left
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], April 24 (ANI): London-based rights activist said that Pakistan's new regime led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is burdened by the economic and political mess left behind by his predecessor Imran Khan.
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Pakistan treats PoK as colony, says rights activist
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], April 24 (ANI): Pakistan treats Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) as a colony and exploits it without giving any regard to the rights situation in the region, said a London-based rights activist.
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China targetting social media handles of Tibetan government-in-exile: Repo
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], April 20 (ANI): China is targetting the social media handles of the officials of the Tibetan government-in-exile and human rights activists in a bid to silence the voice raised against the Chinese occupation of Tibet, a media report said.
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Taiwanese activist jailed in China for 'subversion' returns home after fiv
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], April 16 (ANI): A Taiwanese rights activist, who served a five-year jail term for "subversion" in China, returned to Taiwan on Friday, expressed concerns regarding human rights violations in China, according to a media report.
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Rights activist asks Taliban to reopen girls' schools
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 13 (ANI): Women's rights activist Zarifa Ghafari called on the Taliban to reopen all girls' schools and asked the world leaders to pay attention to the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and "not differentiate between Afghans and Ukrainians".
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Islamabad High Court slams Pakistan Prez, state functionaries for ignoring
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 10 (ANI): Pakistan's Islamabad High Court has condemned President Arif Alvi and various state functionaries for not taking heed of the legitimate concerns of the Baloch students who are subjected to racial profiling and have been protesting in Islamabad against th
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