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Demonstration held outside Chinese Embassy in UK over human rights abuses
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], December 11 (ANI): A large number of human rights activists including Tibetans, Uyghurs, Hongkongers, Mongolians held protests outside the Chinese Embassy in London over human rights abuses in China and sought action against the Chinese Community Party (CCP) regime as well as ur
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Sindhis in Pakistan hold rallies against `forced' conversions on Human Rig
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Hyderabad [Pakistan], December 11 (ANI): Human rights activists and members of the minority communities organised protest rallies in different cities in Pakistan's Sindh province to mark International Human Rights Day on Friday.
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Activists demand release of political prisoners in Pakistan, PoK, Gilgit B
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Rawalpindi [Pakistan], December 11 (ANI): Political and human rights activists from Pakistan, Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit Baltistan have expressed grave concern about the worsening human rights situation in the country and occupied regions.
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Biden mentions Mahatma Gandhi in Democracy Summit speech, says late Congre
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 9 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Thursday invoked Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela while referring to the work done by Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights activist, during his opening remarks at the Summit for Democracy.
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Pak military court convicts rights activist of espionage
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 5 (ANI): A Pakistan military court has convicted rights and political activist Idris Khattak for espionage and sentenced him to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment.
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Rights activist urges Chinese authorities to allow him to visit ailing wif
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 1 (ANI): A prominent rights activist in China has urged the authorities to allow him to visit his wife, who is terminally ill with cancer and is in the United States.
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Jailed Chinese activist's ailing mother fears she will never see son again
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 27 (ANI): The terminally ill mother of jailed Chinese rights activist Huang Qi has appealed to Sichuan authorities to allow one last meeting with her son as she nears the end of her life.
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Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez was in touch with overground
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 23 (ANI): Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez, who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday, was learnt to be involved in anti-India activities and had direct links with a banned Pakistan-based terrorist outfit.
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NIA arrests Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez from J-K
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 22 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested prominent human rights activist Khurram Parvez from Jammu and Kashmir in connection with its ongoing probe in a terror funding case.
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Children's future in Pak's Sindh not bright, worst forms of child abuse, b
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], November 21 (ANI): Marking Universal Children's Day on Saturday, child rights activists in Pakistan said that the future of children in Sindh is not bright as the worst forms of abuse and bonded labour are prevalent in the area.
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Plea in SC seeks sign language interpreters in govt press briefings
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [india], November 20 (ANI): A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking direction to the Centre and State governments to provide sign language interpreters in all the official press briefings conducted by the government.
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Pakistan: Nearly 1,000 Christian, Hindu women fall victim to forced conver
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 18 (ANI): Atrocities against minority women has now become common in Pakistan and according to recent data around 1,000 women belonging to Christian and Hindu communities are forced to convert to Islam every year.
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