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US says it 'regularly engage with India on human rights concerns'
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 17 (ANI): The United States is in regular engagement with India at senior levels on human rights concerns, including freedom of religion, said a State Department spokesperson Ned Price on Thursday (local time).
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UN experts urge China for 'full access' amid human rights concerns
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 11 (ANI): Ahead of the Human Rights Council meeting, a group of UN experts have urged the Chinese government to cooperate fully with the UN human rights system and grant unhindered access to independent experts to report on the treatment being meted out to the ethn
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243 global groups call for action against China over human rights violatio
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], January 29 (ANI): 243 global groups including non-governmental organisations have called for action against China over human rights concerns as Beijing Winter Olympics is set to begin in the first week of February.
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Ahead of Winter Olympics, global groups call for action on rights concerns
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], January 29 (ANI): A week ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics, hundreds of non-governmental organizations and right groups have joined forces in a call to stop legitimizing the Chinese government's grave record of abuses.
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Sindhi Foundation announces protest march in Canada to highlight minority
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 27 (ANI): Sindhi Foundation, a Washington-based organization has announced that it begin a "Long Walk" in May this year to raise awareness on several human rights concerns of religious and ethnic minorities in Pakistan.
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UNHRC to hold special session on Afghanistan next week, backed by prominen
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 18 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) will hold a special session on Tuesday, August 24, to address the "serious human rights concerns and situation in Afghanistan".
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UN Human Rights Council to discuss Afghanistan issue on August 24
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 18 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold a special session on Afghanistan on August 24, to address the "serious human rights concerns" following the Taliban takeover of the war-torn country.
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UNHRC session: US co-sponsors resolution led by EU over human rights conce
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 25 (ANI): The United States on Wednesday (local time) co-sponsored a resolution led by the European Union (EU) that highlighted ongoing human rights concerns, including for Rohingya and recalled developments since February 1 in the 46th session of UN Human Rights
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US blocks China's cotton due to human rights concerns in Xinjiang
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 3 (ANI): The US government has issued an order to block cotton imports from a Xinjiang governmental organisation in China due to the ongoing human rights abuses of Uyghurs, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Wednesday.
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Is any Hindu left in Pakistan: Twitteratis on Imran Khan's Diwali greeting
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 15 (ANI): Amid growing human rights concerns in the country, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's greetings to the Hindu citizens on the occasion of Diwali on Saturday has evoked several sarcastic comments on social media, reported Sputnik.
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UK committed to flag rights concerns with Pakistan
Updated : 8 years ago IST
London [United Kingdom], May 23 (ANI): The British Government's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has expressed its deep concern over what it described as the abysmal human rights situation in Pakistan, and especially in that country's largest province, Balochistan.
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