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Baloch Human Rights Council schedules events on sidelines of 55th UNHRC se
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Khurshid Ahmed, the information secretary of the BHRC, stated in a press statement, "The BHRC will organize and participate in various events to highlight the grave situation in Balochistan, where Pakistani security agencies are perpetrating gross human rights violations with impunity. Durin
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'India not only strengthens food security for its people but also for neig
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Arvind Kumar, president of the India Water Foundation, emphasized on Thursday that India is one of the very few countries, that not only strengthens food security for its people but also for its neighbours and other countries of the global south when needed.
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"Conflict in Gaza is of great concern to us": Jaishankar at Human Rights C
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Jaishankar stressed that humanitarian crisis arising from conflicts require a sustainable solution that gives immediate relief to those most-affected.
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UN human rights chief launches "path of solution"; decries "disinfo propag
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk launched new Human Rights solutions on Monday and added that it sets out eight messages to guide renewed action for peace; economies that work for people, planet, as well as effective governance.
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Human rights group call on UN for protection of Baloch people's rights aga
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Baloch human rights organisations have written to the United Nations urging for the protection of Baloch people's rights against Pakistani occupation, military operations and enforced disappearances.
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NGOs urge UN to address human rights violations in Balochistan
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Baloch Voice Association, Voice for Baloch Missing Persons and Baloch Peoples' Congress submitted the letter in the United Nations office in Geneva.
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Baloch Human Rights Council highlights Pakistan's "inaction" against enfor
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres received a written statement submitted by the Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC), highlighting the increasing cases of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Balochistan in recent years.
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Uyghurs, Tibetans hold anti-China protest outside UNHRC during Universal P
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The UPR, a peer review process that only takes place once every 5 years, allows UN States to examine each other's human rights records, make specific recommendations to States under review, and address abuses.
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UN: India calls on China to commit to human rights, gender equality at Uni
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The recommendations were given by Indian diplomat Guarav Kumar Thakur during the 45th Session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the United Nations.
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UN: China being grilled on human rights during Universal Periodic Review
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
During China's 3rd UPR in November 2018, China received 346 recommendations from 150 countries, and accepted 284 of them, with many questionably noted as 'accepted and already implemented.'
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UAE: Abdullah bin Zayed congratulates Morocco on winning presidency of Hum
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, congratulated the Kingdom of Morocco on the winning of the presidency of the UN Human Rights Council by Morocco's Permanent Representative to the UN.
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Canada: Baloch, Sindhis, Pashtun protest against Pak military atrocities,
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The joint protest in Toronto was called by the Baloch Human Rights Council of Canada, World Sindhi Council and Pashtun Council Canada to condemn Islamabad's apartheid policy of violence and repression against the Baloch, Sindhis and Pashtuns in the strongest terms.
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