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Canada imposes sanctions on Sri Lankan officials including Rajapaksa broth
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Canada has imposed sanctions against four Sri Lankan state officials including former Presidents Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Mahinda Rajapaksa for "gross and systematic violations of human rights" during the armed conflict in the island nation, which occurred from 1983 to 2009, an official rel
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UN expert on Myanmar says UNSC resolution not strong enough on 'gross righ
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
In response to the adoption of the Security Council's first resolution on Myanmar since the military unleashed a brutal crackdown nearly two years ago, a UN-appointed independent human rights expert warned on Thursday that the "carnage" would only worsen without "strong, coordinated action"
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Yearender 2022: China's fall from grace amid falling GDP growth, Zero Covi
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
China had been praised worldwide for lifting up its 60 per cent of population out of poverty, however, 2022 marks Beijing's diminishing stature on the world platform amid its zero-COVID policy, human rights violations and falling GDP growth.
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Civil Society Committee to visit West Bengal to ascertain Human Rights vio
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
A Civil society committee comprising a retired judge, Former IPS, a Jjist, and eminent Lawyers as its members has constituted a fact-finding funding committee to ascertain the facts allegedly leading to Human right violation and violence in the State of West Bengal.
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Baloch students council hold protest to highlight human rights violations
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Taking to Twitter, Sayed Baloch, a member of Baloch Students Council Islamabad said, "@BSCIslamabad conducted a peaceful protest on the day of #InternationalHumanRightsDay. The purpose of protest is to highlight the issues and human rights violations regarding Baloch students and Balochistan
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Former head of Tibetan govt in exile undertakes Japan visit to discuss hum
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Sangay, who served as Sikyong of the CTA from 2012 to 2021, said the establishment and announcement of the Parliamentary Coalition to probe human rights violations of Tibetans, Uyghurs and Mongolians by China.
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China rejects UK report on its human rights abuses
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
In a report titled, "Human Rights and Democracy,", the British foreign office said the human rights situation in China continued to deteriorate in 2021, and "widespread, systematic human rights violations and abuses in Xinjiang grew.
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US sanctions Sri Lankan Army officer for human rights violations
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
"Pursuant to Section 7031(c), the Department of State is designating Bulathwatte for his involvement in a gross violation of human rights, namely torture and/or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment of Sri Lankan journalist, Keith Noyahr, in May 2008," US State Department s
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Tibetan community holds peaceful march to mark anniversary of universal de
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
On Human Rights Day, the Tibetans chanted slogans like "Shame on China," "No more sleeping," "Wake UP," and "United Nations."
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Tibetan community in Vienna holds demonstration against 'human rights abus
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
On Human Rights Day, the Tibetans raised slogans against alleged excesses of the CCP on Tibetans, Uyghurs and Chinese citizens in China.
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Turkish political parties, activists protest against Chinese atrocities on
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Uyghur activists protested near the Chinese Consulate in the Sariyer district of Istanbul and raised concerns over human rights violations in the Xinjiang region in China.
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US planning to announce new sanctions against Russia, China
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The US Defense Department just released the 2022 China Military Power Report last week, and both China and Russia were central in October's National Defense Strategy.
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