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Sindhis hold protest against Human Rights violations by Pakistan
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 20 (ANI): The World Sindhi Congress held a protest in front of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) accusing Pakistan of violating human rights in the Sindh province.
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Construction of dam on Indus River illegal, says Sindhi activists
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 20 (ANI): Sindhi political activists have strongly opposed the construction of Kalabagh Dam on the Indus River, calling it as `illegal, unethical and immoral attempt` by Pakistan to deny life to the Sindhi people.
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Pashtuns stage anti-Pakistan protest outside UNHRC
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 19 (ANI): Members of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement held an anti-Pakistan protest in front of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva to seek justice against the atrocities committed by the Pakistan Army and other security agencies.
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European experts corner Pakistan for sponsoring terror
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 19 (ANI): European academics and experts on Wednesday targeted Pakistan for sponsoring terrorism while highlighting the factual and analytical errors in the report on Jammu and Kashmir by the United Nations' (UN) Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCH
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India slams Pakistan for sponsoring terrorism in J-K
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 18 (ANI): At the 39th Session of the Human Rights Council here on Tuesday, India criticised Pakistan for sponsoring terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir and raised the issue of human rights violations in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Read More
Europe concerned over China's hidden agenda behind One Belt, One Road
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 18 (ANI): A group of panellists from Europe have expressed concern over China's 'One Belt One Road Initiative' (OBOR), calling out the hidden agendas to capture European markets.
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India raises concern over CPEC project at UN
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 15 (ANI): India on Friday raised concern over China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) at the 39th Session of the Human Rights Council here and underlined that the 'China-Pakistan Economic Corridor' (CPEC) project ignores New Delhi's core concerns on sovereignty an
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Baloch activists demand suspension of Pak's membership from UNHRC
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 13 (ANI): Highlighting the human rights violations by the Pakistan security forces, Baloch activists have demanded the suspension of Islamabad's membership from the United Nation Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
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UNHRC Special Rapporteur's report links inflammatory remarks by BJP leader
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 12 (ANI): E. Tendayi Achiume, the Special Rapporteur appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council, in her report on 'Contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia', has said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India has been linked to
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Posters outside UN highlight issue of enforced disappearances in Pakistan
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 11 (ANI): Banners have been put up in front of the United Nations office in Geneva to highlight the grim issue of enforced disappearances in Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK).
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IHRC concerned over enforced disappearances in Pak
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Aug 30 (ANI): The International Human Rights Council, Hong Kong (IHRC-HK) has expressed concern over enforced disappearance in Pakistan and called upon the state institutions to play an active role in the recovery of all the missing persons.
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UNHRC neglects grave human rights violation in Gilgit-Baltistan: BNF
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jul 19 (ANI): Chairman of the Balawaristan National Front (BNF) Abdul Hamid Khan has claimed that the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) totally neglected the grave human rights violation in Gilgit-Baltistan being committed by Pakistani forces.
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