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Six Tibetan rights groups organize protest in Paris against Beijing 2022 W
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Paris [France], November 21 (ANI): Six Tibetan community associations including Students for Free Tibet (SFT); Tibetan Youth Congress, France; U-Tsang Association, France; Chushi Gangdruk; Domey Association, France; and Tibetan Community Association, jointly organized a protest demonstration
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Chinese tennis star's disappearance is warning for Olympics, says rights g
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], November 21 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has raised concern about the disappearance of three-time Olympian Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai.
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Independent rights group expresses concern on deplorable working condition
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], November 20 (ANI): Pakistan Human Rights Commission (HRCP) has expressed concerns over rights violations and deplorable working conditions in Balochistan's coal mines.
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US Rights group casts suspicion over Chinese media reports claiming tennis
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 19 (ANI): A US-based rights group has cast suspicion over Chinese media reports which claim that Chinese star Peng Shuai is 'safe'.
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China's repression on Uyghurs spreads beyond its borders: Report
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 11 (ANI): China's crackdown on Uyghurs has spread beyond its borders, a new report from a rights group revealed, adding that Chinese agents have tracked, harassed and threatened members of the minority community in 22 nations.
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Human rights group asks China to release activist Zhang Zhan
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 5 (ANI): Human Rights Watch on Friday asked China to immediately and unconditionally release activist Zhang Zhan, who was wrongfully imprisoned for reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic in the city of Wuhan in early 2020.
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Rights NGO forced to close its Hong Kong offices citing security law
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong, October 25 (ANI): A London-based rights organisation on Monday said that it would close its two offices in Hong Kong by the end of 2021 after 40 years of working there and will move operations to the organization's other missions in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Pakistan never apologised for human rights violation in J-K: Expert
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], October 22 (ANI): Pakistan has never apologised for the human rights violation carried out by its army, despite having often claimed credit for it, and rights groups have chosen to ignore the well-documented massacres, according to Italian political expert Sergio Restelli.
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Attacks on religious minorities in Bangladesh: 3,721 houses, temples vanda
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh] October 19 (ANI): A rights group informed that around 3,721 attacks were reported on the Hindu community in Bangladesh in the last nine years.
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Forces loyal to Myanmar's Junta 'torch church, homes' in Chin State
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], October 15 (ANI): Troops loyal to Myanmar's junta have torched an entire village -- including a Baptist church and a dozen other buildings--in the country's embattled Chin state, residents said on Thursday, prompting condemnation from a local human rights group which cal
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Journalists condemn Pakistan plan for strict control over media
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 7 (ANI): Several media rights groups have called on Pakistani authorities to withdraw plans to establish the 'Pakistan Media Development Authority' (PMDA) that risks placing strict state control over all media.
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Afghanistan: Rights group expresses concern over Taliban's new media rules
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] October 1 (ANI): The imposition of a range of regulatory measures to tighten media freedom in the country by the Taliban are a cause of concern to the rights groups.
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