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Chinese govt runs schools for Tibetan children to brainwash them into majo
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A press statement Human Rights Council of the United Nations (UN) released on 6 February in Geneva has come out with a shocking revelation that the Chinese government is running a chain of residential schools where about a million Tibetan children are forcibly lodged in order to wipe out the
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Nepal PM blocks his Foreign Minister's Geneva visit for Human Rights Counc
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has blocked the visit of his Foreign Minister Bimala Rai Paudyal to Geneva minutes before her departure for the airport.
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'Pakistan human rights record deteriorated drastically': Indian diplomat P
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
India on Monday took a jibe at Pakistan saying the human rights record in the country has deteriorated drastically, with minorities being subjected to persecution.
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Thousands of young Pakistani girls fall victim to landlords, criminals, ze
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to the IFFRAS report, Pakistan's media, civil society and political leaders have been silent about the issue. Religious leaders and generals have never paid any attention to the same. Only, occasionally, international organisations express their distress at the plight of Pakistan's
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US, France pledge to hold Russia accountable for 'war crimes' in Ukraine
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
US and French leaders "reiterate their steadfast resolve to hold Russia to account for widely documented atrocities and war crimes, committed both by its regular armed forces and by its proxies, including mercenary entities such as Vagner and others, through support for international acco
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India abstains on UN resolution to probe Iran's 'human rights violations'
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Taking to Twitter, United Nations Human Right Council said, "At its 35th special session, the @UN Human Rights Council decided to create a new fact-finding mission to investigate "alleged #HumanRightsViolations in the Islamic Republic of #Iran related to the protests that began on 16 Septemb
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UN rights body launches Iran human rights probe
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Council, meeting in a special session in response to the crisis that was sparked by the death in September in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, heard Turk criticise "the fortress mentality of those who wield power" in Iran.
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Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to represent India in the Universal Periodi
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta will be heading the Indian delegation to the 41st Session of Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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FATF must not entertain Pakistan request to take it off Grey List: Activis
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Hong Kong, October 21 (ANI): The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) should take notice of more than 500 mutilated and unknown bodies which were found on the rooftop of a public hospital in Multan in Pakistan, said Baseer Naveed, Executive Director of Hong-Kong based International Human Right
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UN rights body abandons Uyghurs, votes not to discuss China's abuse: Repor
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 12 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) rejected the bid by the US and European countries to debate rights abuses against Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China.
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China continues to wage repression campaign against Tibetan community: US
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 10 (ANI): China continues to wage a campaign of repression against the Tibetan community, according to a top US diplomat, who believes that Beijing plans to install a Dalai Lama of its own choosing.
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Baloch National Movement protests in Berlin against Pakistan Army over enf
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 9 (ANI): Baloch National Movement Germany has organised a protest in Germany against the enforced disappearances of Baloch people by the Pakistan Army including the recently abducted Faheem Baloch.
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