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'Intrinsic to our foreign policy, India prefers another approach to issue"
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): After India abstained on Thursday from voting on a UN Human Rights Council resolution on holding a debate on the human rights situation in China's Xinjiang, experts called this 'intrinsic' to foreign policy and that New Delhi would prefer another approach
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India abstains from voting in UNHRC over holding debate on rights situatio
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 6 (ANI): India on Thursday abstained from voting on a United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution on holding a debate on the human rights situation in China's Xinjiang.
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UNHRC adopts resolution over Sri Lanka's rights situation, India abstains
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 6 (ANI): While abstaining to vote on the UNHRC draft resolution on human rights in Sri Lanka, India on Thursday said it has always been guided by two fundamental principles -- "support to the aspirations of the Tamils for equality" and "peace and sovereignty of
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51st UNHRC: China tries to meddle over Dalai Lama's reincarnation
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 4 (ANI): China at an event held on the sidelines of the 51st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council tried to meddle in choosing the next reincarnation of the Dalai Lama.
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Activist Shuib Lone at UNHRC highlights issue of cross-border terrorism in
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 4 (ANI): Activist Shuib Lone has highlighted the issue of cross-border terrorism in Kashmir, at a United Nations Human Rights Council event.
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Rights group condemns Pakistan for backing brutal Chinese regime in Tibet
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], September 30 (ANI): The Global Alliance for Tibet and Persecuted Minorities, a UK-based rights group condemned Pakistan and China-puppet countries for supporting China over human rights violations in Tibet, Hong Kong and Xinjiang.
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World does not need lessons on democracy, human rights from Pakistan: Indi
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Geneva [Switzerland], September 28 (ANI): Slamming Pakistan for atrocities against its minorities, India said that the world does not need lessons on democracy and human rights from a country whose contribution to the globalisation of terror is unparalleled.
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Experts discuss terrorism, effects on human rights in South Asia at UNHRC
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 26 (ANI): Experts and human rights activists discussed the proliferation of terrorist organizations in the region of South Asia during the 51th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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India reiterates end of hostilities in Ukraine, calls for return to diplom
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 23 (ANI): India strongly reiterates the need for an immediate cessation of all hostilities in Ukraine and a return to diplomacy, said envoy to UN in Geneva, Indra Mani Pandey and added that the trajectory of the conflict is a matter of "profound concern."
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World Sindhi Congress holds protest in Geneva against Pak crimes
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Geneva [Switzerland], September 23 (ANI): The World Sindhi Congress (WSC) held a large protest in front of the United Nations office in Geneva during the ongoing 51st session of the Human Rights Council on Thursday.
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'Baloch Lives Matter' seminar highlights human rights violations in Baloch
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 23 (ANI): A seminar titled `Baloch Lives Matter: Aspects of human rights violations in Balochistan' was organized by Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC) in Geneva on the occasion of the 51st Session of UNHRC on Thursday.
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High time for Human Rights Council to address issues in Tibet as CCP regim
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], September 22 (ANI): World has turned its attention towards Tibet once again as the United Nations (UN) has failed to discuss the crisis unfolding in Tibet in its fifty-first regular session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva so far despite the unlawful suppression of Tibet
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