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Baloch human rights council seeks UN Secy General intervention in Karima B
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], December 27 (ANI): Requesting the United Nations to intervene in the mysterious death of Baloch activist Karima Baloch in Toronto, Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC) in a letter has said that Pakistan has "responded violently to the genuine demands of the Baloch peopl
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Baloch rights council urges UN to ensure probe into activist's death
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], December 27 (ANI): The Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC) has demanded the United Nations' intervention to ensure a fair probe into the death of activist Karima Baloch which is shrouded in mystery.
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BHRC to hold vigil for activist Karima Baloch in Toronto
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], December 26 (ANI): The Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC) of Canada will hold a vigil here on Saturday in the memory of rights activist Karmina Baloch, who was found dead early this week in suspicious circumstances.
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Killing of Pakistani dissidents dangerous trend, UNHRC needs to wake up, s
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], December 26 (ANI): The killing of Pakistani dissidents abroad is a dangerous trend that needs to be stopped and multilateral agencies such as the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) also need to wake up to the
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Pak presence in rights council 'intolerable': UN-accredited NGO
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 8 (ANI): Pakistan's presence in the United Nations Human Rights Council is "intolerable" given its rights record, said Geneva-based NGO UN Watch, adding that religious minorities in the south Asian country suffer from discrimination, sectarian violence and forced co
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US, UK call for release of 'political prisoners' in Belarus
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States and the United Kingdom urged Belarus to release "political prisoners" and all those detained for participation in the anti-government demonstrations in the East European country, representatives of the US and the UK at the UN Human
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Election of countries like China, Pakistan will damage credibility of UNHR
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Glasglow [Scotland], October 14 (ANI): Slamming countries including Pakistan and China, Amjad Ayub Mirza, an activist from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) has said "world's worst human rights abusers" have been elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
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Nepal re-elected to UN Human Rights Council
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathmandu (Nepal) [India], October 14 (ANI): Nepal has been re-elected as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) in the elections held at UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday, Nepal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.
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US slams UN for electing authoritarian regimes like China at UNHRC
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 14 (ANI): The United States Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, on Tuesday, slammed the United Nations for electing "authoritarian regimes" like China, Russia and Cuba into the UN Human Rights Council adding that the US' decision to withdraw from the council has be
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4.1-feet bell for Ram temple reaches Ayodhya from Tamil Nadu
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 7 (ANI): A Ram Rath Yatra, which started from Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu on September 17, reached Ayodhya on Wednesday and brought a 4.1 feet bell with 'Jai Sri Ram' embossed on it for Ram Temple.
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Balochistan's culture, identity in danger: Activist in UN
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland] October 2 (ANI): A Baloch political activist has told the United Nations that the culture, language and identity of Baloch people are in danger due to Pakistan's oppressive policies.
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Pakistan a death trap for journalists, human rights defenders,minorities:
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 30 (ANI): Slamming the "fabricated words" presented by Pakistan, India on Wednesday at the United Nations Human Rights Council highlighted that incessant efforts on its part to malign India in all international forums is not going to change the fact that hundr
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