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Pakistan: Ahead of no-confidence vote, situation risks spiraling into dang
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 20 (ANI): As the political turmoil in Pakistan continues to exacerbate, rights groups have warned that democratic institutions in the country are facing a new threat.
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Rights groups express concern for Taiwanese activist jailed in China
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], March 19 (ANI): Human rights groups have expressed concern over Taiwanese national Lee Ming-che, who is currently in prison in China.
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China may extend human rights advocate Lee Ming-che's prison term
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 19 (ANI): Human rights advocate Lee Ming-che could be kept in China two years beyond his release date in conditions that human rights groups called "inhumane".
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Baloch human rights group stages protest against Pakistan for enforced dis
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 17 (ANI): Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC) staged a protest at Broken Chair in Geneva, Switzerland against the Pakistan government over enforced disappearances.
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Sindh rights group calls for anti-Pakistan protest in Washington on Mar 23
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 16 (ANI): Jeay Sindh Freedom Movement (JSFM), a minority rights group, has called for the joint car rally and protest on March 23 in Washington DC, US.
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Rights group holds public rally in Kabul urging for women's rights
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 14 (ANI): An Afghanistan rights group recently organised a public rally in Kabul to demand women's basic rights in Afghanistan.
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Reform Sri Lanka's draconian abortion law, says rights group
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], March 10 (ANI): Raising concerns about the restrictive abortion laws of the country, the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said the government should move promptly to reform the law and go further to uphold women's equal rights by allowing all-woman access to abortio
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Pakistan: Rights groups demand gender equality, protection, justice, and f
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 10 (ANI): Five groups representing diverse schools of thought gathered at different spots in the area surrounding the National Press Club (NPC) and demanded gender equality, protection, justice, and freedom, on the occasion of International Women's Day.
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Women's day: Pakistan rights group protests against forceful conversions o
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Paksitan], March 9 (ANI): Observing International Women's Day 2022 in collaboration with Global Human Rights Defense (GHRD), Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) on Tuesday raised concerns over the increasing incidents of forceful conversions of girls from religious minorities in Pa
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Kashmir-based rights group marks International Women's Day
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], March 8 (ANI): A Kashmir-based human rights group, Voice for Peace and Justice held a conference cum brainstorming session to mark International Women's Day.
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Taliban threatening provincial media in Afghanistan, says rights group
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], March 8 (ANI): The Taliban authorities have carried out far-reaching censorship and violence against Afghan media in district and provincial centres, drastically limiting critical reporting in Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday.
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Minority rights group releases charter of demands against forced conversio
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], March 8 (ANI): A Christian rights organisation organized a press conference on the theme "Break the Bias and Forced Conversions in Pakistan" in connection with International Women's Day on Monday.
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