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Uyghur groups stage protest in Belgium against China's human rights violat
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], January 29 (ANI): Uyghur rights groups and Tibetans gathered in Belgium's Diksmuide and protested against China's human rights violations urging the world community to boycott Beijing Winter Olympics.
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India urges Pakistan to stop human rights violations in Balochistan
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): India urged Pakistan to stop human rights violations in Balochistan province on Friday as human rights groups and activists have raised concerns over their targetted killing in the region.
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Rights group condemns killing of Baloch political refugee Razzaq Mandai in
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], January 23 (ANI): The International Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (IVBMP), a collective representing family members of Balochistan's forcibly disappeared, has strongly condemned the killing of Razzaq Mandai, a Baloch political refugee, in Afghanistan.
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Rights groups want UN to ban Bangladesh's RAB from peacekeeping
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], January 21 (ANI): The UN Department of Peace Operations should ban Bangladesh's "notoriously abusive paramilitary" Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) from UN deployment, 12 organizations said in a letter to Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix, made public on Thursday.
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Rights group raises alarm as Beijing's threats to muzzle athletes ahead of
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], January 21 (ANI): The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has raised concern about the veiled threats issued by Chinese authorities over freedom of speech ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 next month.
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Women, religious minorities continue to face persecution in Pakistan, says
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], January 17 (ANI): Women, religious minorities, and transgender people in Pakistan continue to face violence, discrimination, and persecution, with authorities failing to provide adequate protection or hold perpetrators to account, according to a US-based rights group.
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Pakistan's human rights group warns of sit-in from Jan 31 if Govt fails to
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 31 (ANI): Pakistan's human rights group, the Defence of Human Rights (DHR) on Thursday appealed to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the Army Chief to address the issue of enforced disappearances or else it will hold a sit-in
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Over 30 killed, bodies burned in Myanmar's Kayah state: Reports
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], December 25 (ANI): More than 30 people, including women and children, have been killed and their bodies burned in Myanmar's conflict-torn Kayah state, media reports citing local human rights group said.
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Pak human rights groups hold rallies to highlight rights abuses
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 11 (ANI): Pakistan's human rights groups including the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) have organized a rally to highlight the rights abuses in the country, local news reported on Saturday.
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Pak rights group condemns arrest of Baloch leader amid Gwadar protest
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 10 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has condemned the arrest of senior Pakistani politician and Baloch Muttahida Mahaz (BMM) president Yousuf Masti Khan in Gwadar.
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Jailed Chinese journalist wins Lin Zhao Freedom Award
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 9 (ANI): A US-based rights group has awarded journalist Zhang Zhan, who was jailed by Chinese authorities for reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Rights group urges European officials to raise Ahmadiya issue with Pakista
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], December 8 (ANI): With Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi currently on a Belgium visit, a Brussels-based human rights group urged European officials to raise the situation of Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan.
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