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Journalists condemn Pakistan plan for strict control over media
Updated : 4 years, 8 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, 8 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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Rights watch says Taliban 'dismantling' human rights in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 23 (ANI): The Taliban has taken steps to steadily dismantle the human rights gains of the last 20 years, rights groups have observed.
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Rights groups fear for safety of defecting Afghan military personnel in Uz
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], September 2 (ANI): Rights groups have raised concerns that Afghan army personnel who defected to Uzbekistan would be deported to their country, Voice of America (VOA) has reported.
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Rights group urges UK govt to grant asylum to Afghan women prone to Taliba
Updated : 4 years, 11 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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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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'Systematic genocide by Pakistan': Baloch human rights groups urge G7 to i
Updated : 5 years 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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Rights groups call for independent probe into attack on Pak lawmaker Jugnu
Updated : 5 years 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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International rights groups express concern over recent attacks on Pakista
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 4 (ANI): Three international rights groups on Thursday voiced grave concern at the recent attacks on journalists in Pakistan and mounting pressure on scribes critical of the Imran Khan-led government.
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Rights groups call for boycott of 2022 Beijing Olympics over Uyghurs genoc
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Beijing [China], May 19 (ANI): A coalition of human rights groups has called for a complete boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, saying that participating in the games would be tantamount to endorsing China's genocide against the Uyghur people".
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Calls grow at UN for unfettered access to China's Xinjiang province
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 14 (ANI): Several western countries and human rights organizations have yet again called on China to allow the UN human rights chief unobstructed access to the Xinjiang province to probe the situation of ethnic minorities in the northwest region of the country.
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