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Balochistan demands appointment of UN special rapporteur to look into huma
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar. 10 (ANI): Baloch political activists and human rights defenders raised the situation of deteriorating human rights in Balochistan and condemned the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) at a side event during the 34th Session of UN Human Rights Council here.
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UNHRC: Kashmiri writer opposes CPEC, says J-K is not for sale
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar. 10 (ANI): Kashmiri writer and director Junaid Qureshi on Friday told the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) the state of Jammu and Kashmir was not for sale while voicing apprehension towards the multi-billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
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World Sindhi Congress calls for end to 'genocide' of Sindhi Hind
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar.10 (ANI): The World Sindhi Congress (WSC) hosted a conference titled 'Erosion of Sindhi Culture in Pakistan' at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on March 6.
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India pulls up Pak, asserts its stand on PoK at UNHRC
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar. 9 (ANI): In a strong-worded statement, India has asserted that Pakistan continues to illegally occupy a part of their territory, referring to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, at the 34th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Conference on Sindh Hosted in the United Nations
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar.8 (ANI): The World Sindhi Congress (WSC) hosted a conference titled 'Erosion of Sindhi Culture in Pakistan' at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on March 6.
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US reconsidering UN council membership, urges body to end Israel 'obs
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Mar. 2 (ANI): President Donald Trump's administration has confirmed it is reviewing the United States' participation in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), warning Wednesday that it wants the body to reform its agenda and end its "obsession with Is
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Pakistan must vacate illegally occupied Kashmir: India at UN
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland] Mar., 1 (ANI): Asserting that Pakistan is a state that regards the use of terrorism as a legitimate instrument of statecraft and provides sanctuary to UN-designated terrorists, India in its reply to Islamabad's statement at the United Nation Human Rights Council (UN
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Trump must pressure UN to drop war crime charges against Lanka, says Presi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov.27 (ANI); Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena has asked U.S. president elect Donald Trump to put pressure on the UN Human Rights Council to drop war crimes allegations against his country's troops.
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India urges UNHRC to tell Pak to introspect on terrorist attacks on its ne
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept. 26 (ANI): India on Monday urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to urge Pakistan to engage in honest introspection and focus its energies on acting against perpetrators of terrorist attacks on its neighbours from its own territory.
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Plight of Mohajirs in Pak raised at UNHRC
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept. 26 (ANI): The International Institute for Mohajirs on the sidelines of the 33rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, highlighted the plight of Mohajirs in Pakistan and how the Pakistani government continues to ostracize the community in th
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Pakistan breeding ground of terrorists, promoting 'state terrorism�
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept. 22 (ANI): Speaking at a United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) seminar on 'Stop Subjugation of people for strategic designs, say no to colonisation and CPEC', Khan of Kalat H.H. Khan Suleman Khan Ahmedzai on Thursday said Pakistan is a breeding grou
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Plight of minorities in Pakistan discussed at UNHCR
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept.22 (ANI): The European Organisation for Pakistani Minorities last week organised a side event titled "Plight of Pakistani Minorities" at the 33rd session of the UN Human Rights Council.
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