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Rights report highlights unlawful killings and forced disappearance of Bal
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], March 31 (ANI): In its 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights, the US State Department has highlighted significant human rights issues in Pakistan, including unlawful or arbitrary killings by the government and forced disappearance of Pashtun, Sindhi and Baloch human rights
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Animal rights activists slam Pakistan over use of sedated lion cub in brid
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 16 (ANI): Known for its dismal record of animal conservation and 'trophy hunting' of endangered animals, Pakistan on Monday faced the wrath of netizens over the use of a sedated lion cub in a bridal photoshoot, reported Gulf News.
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Activist urges Biden administration to act against Chinese Communist Party
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], March 11 (ANI): Tahir Imin, an exiled Uyghur rights activist on Monday urged the Biden administration to take action against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over the "genocide", reported New York Post.
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Women in Pakistan, China continue to face discrimination, violence: Pak hu
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], March 10 (ANI): Women in Pakistan and China continue to face gender discrimination and sexual violence at home and at the workplace, said Pakistani human rights activist Anila Gulzar.
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Human rights activist writes to UN about Pak-sponsored terrorist attacks o
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 5 (ANI): Professor Fernand de Varennes, special rapporteur on minority issues on Tuesday has written a letter to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) informing about the Pakistan-sponsored terrorist attacks on the Hindu minority communi
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US civil rights activist Vernon Jordan dies at 85
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 2 (ANI): Vernon Jordan, a civil rights leader and close adviser to former US President Bill Clinton, has passed away at age of 85 on Monday (local time), CNN reported citing sources.
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Pashtun activist blames Pakistan for sheltering dreaded terrorists
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], March 2 (ANI): As Pakistan remains on the 'grey list' of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a Pashtun rights activist has blamed the country for providing shelter to dreaded terrorists, including the Taliban.
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Uyghur activist wins 2021 Nuremberg International Human Rights Award
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bavaria [Germany], March 2 (ANI): Sayragul Sauytbay, a human rights activist and survivor from China's Xinjiang, has been awarded the 2021 Nuremberg International Human Rights Award, for highlighting the human rights abuses being meted to ethnoreligious minorities in the country's western re
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Two men from Punjab arrested in Delhi for plotting to kill activist
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 27 (ANI): Two men from Punjab have been arrested from the RK Puram area of South West Delhi for allegedly plotting to kill a human rights activist, Delhi Police said on Saturday.
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AAP MP writes to Haryana CM seeking release of rights activist Nodeep Kaur
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], February 24 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Harpal Singh Cheema on Wednesday wrote a letter to Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar demanding the immediate release of detained labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur.
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Activists, Uyghurs protest in Paris to ensure Pakistan is placed on FATF b
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): Exiled journalists, human rights activists, and Uyghurs on Tuesday gathered at the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) headquarters in Paris to persuade the anti-terror financing organisation to place Pakistan on the blacklist.
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Killings of rights activists rising in Afghanistan after peace talks began
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 16 (ANI/Sputnik): Afghanistan has faced a "chilling" wave of killings of rights activists and media workers since the start of Kabul-Taliban peace talks in September, according to the UN assistance mission in the country (UNAMA).
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