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Balochistan facing a pandemic of impunity and abuse of rights, activist te
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Swittzerland], September 29 (ANI): Balochistan is facing a pandemic of impunity and abuse of rights, Baloch activist Munir Mengal told the United Nations on Tuesday while urging the UN working body on enforced disappearances to take appropriate actions to ensure stringent action agai
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UN must intervene to protect minorities from persecution in Pakistan, asks
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 25 (ANI): A rights activist from Pakistan, Anila Gulzar has requested the United Nations to intervene and protect the rights of minorities in Pakistan as they have been facing persecution for the past seven decades.
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Pakistan no more a safe place for religious minorities, says Activist
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 21 (ANI): A Pakistani human rights activist based in London has said that Pakistan was no more a safe place for religious minorities to live.
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Families of 12 detained activists approach Hong Kong police, to push for c
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, September 20 (ANI): The family members of 12 Hong Kong human rights activists captured at sea last month by the Chinese authorities reported the case to Hong Kong police on Sunday, urging the force to speak to their mainland counterparts for the release of marine data from that da
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China declares 12 arrested Hong Kong activists as 'separatists'
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 14 (ANI): After the United States condemned the Hong Kong authorities for denying 12 arrested Hong Kong rights activists access to their lawyers, China has labelled the activists as "separatists".
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US 'deeply concerned' 12 Hong Kong activists denied access to lawyers: Pom
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 12 (ANI): The United States is concerned that 12 Hong Kong rights activists who were arrested two weeks ago have been denied access to their lawyers, said Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Friday (local time).
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Woman activist lashes out at judicial system in Pakistan for not protectin
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], September 12 (ANI): London-based Pakistani human rights activist and spokeswoman for Justice for Minorities in Pakistan Anila Gulzar has lashed out at the judicial system in Pakistan and condemned the death sentence awarded to a 37-year-old Christian man, Asif Pervaiz, in Lahore
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Social activist Swami Agnivesh passes away at 80
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 11 (ANI): Social activist and former Haryana MLA Swami Agnivesh passed away on Friday at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences in Delhi.
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UN expresses concerns over violence against journalists, human rights acti
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 9 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights Office on Tuesday expressed its concern over the increasing instances of threats of violence against journalists and human rights activists in Pakistan.
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Vote for Trump for the sake of this world, says Chinese activist Chen Guan
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 28 (ANI): Chinese Attorney and human rights activist Chen Guangcheng urged people to vote for President Donald Trump in the upcoming elections in November "for the sake of this world".
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India must ask Pakistan for extradition of Dawood and others terrorists, s
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Glasgow [Scotland], August 23 (ANI): Days after Pakistan declared a list of 88 dreaded terrorists announcing sanctions on them, a human rights activist has asked India to start extradition process to bring back some of these dreaded terrorists for their involvement in terror attacks in th
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Killing of Baloch student in Pakistan creates outrage, activists demand ju
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Toronto/ London [Canada/UK] August 20 (ANI): Baloch political and human rights activists have displayed their extreme anger over the killing of 25-year-old Hayat Baloch, a science undergraduate at Karachi University.
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