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Rights group expresses concern over abduction of human rights activist in
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] July 21 (ANI): Various European chapters of Amnesty International, including Luxemburg, Brussels, Switzerland have written to the Sindh Chief Minister, expressing their concern over the abduction of a human rights activist in the country.
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European rights group flags forcible conversion, marriage of 13 year-old C
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 14 (ANI): Pakistan has come under adverse international scrutiny for yet another case of forced conversion and marriage of a minor girl from Gujranwala city of Punjab province.
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'War crime': Rights group condemns Taliban's killing of 22 surrendering Af
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], July 14 (ANI): Amnesty International has condemned the Taliban's killing of 22 surrendering Afghan soldiers in Northern Afghanistan and termed the incident a "war crime".
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Rights group urges UK govt to grant asylum to Afghan women prone to Taliba
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK] July 11 (ANI): Human and women's rights groups on Sunday asked the UK administration to provide asylum to the vulnerable Afghan women amid the US troops withdrawal and increase in Taliban violence in the war-torn country.
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China targeting Uyghur families to silence activists abroad, says Rights g
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], July 8 (ANI): A pro-Uyghur group has strongly condemned the Chinese government's practice of targeting the Uyghur "family space" in order to silence Uyghurs abroad.
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Human rights groups in Pakistan call for Imran Khan's public apology for r
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], June 25 (ANI): Human rights groups in Pakistan have called on Prime Minister Imran Khan to publicly apologise for making controversial remarks on sexual violence, for which he pinned the blame on the woman's attire.
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Rights groups call for boycott of Beijing 2022 games on International Olym
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], June 23 (ANI): A group of campaigners representing Tibetan, Uyghur, Southern Mongolian, Hongkonger and Taiwanese people will hold rallies in over 60 global cities, calling on world leaders, Olympic bodies and sponsors to boycott Beijing 2022 Games.
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Rights group urges Hilton hotels to drop Xinjiang project at bulldozed mos
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 16 (ANI): The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has urged Hilton Worldwide Holding to drop a plan to build a hotel in China's Xinjiang region on the site where Chinese authorities have bulldozed and desecrated a mosque.
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'Systematic genocide by Pakistan': Baloch human rights groups urge G7 to i
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], June 13 (ANI): Claiming a systematic genocide in Balochistan by Pakistani security forces, the Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC) urged the Group of Seven (G7) leaders to investigate the heinous crimes by Pakistan in the region.
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Families of activists who flee China's Xinjiang pay a heavy price, says ri
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], June 10 (ANI): Members of the Uyghur diaspora, belonging to China's Xinjiang region, who speak publicly about the arbitrary detention of their family members or criticize human rights violations, face vague charges of terrorism by Chinese authorities, according to the Human Ri
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Rights group holds protest in London against land grab in Pak's Sindh
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], June 8 (ANI): The World Sindhi Congress (WSC) held a protest opposite Downing Street, London on June 6 against large-scale land grabbing in Pakistan's Sindh province, particularly the illegal occupation of Bahria Town in Karachi.
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Rights groups call for independent probe into attack on Pak lawmaker Jugnu
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 8 (ANI): Several human rights groups strongly condemned the attack on Pakistani lawmaker Jugnu Mohsin and called for a swift and independent probe into attempted assassination.
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