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Shias hold protests demanding UN intervention in atrocities against them b
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 1 (ANI): Demanding UN intervention to investigate crimes and discrimination against the Shia minority in Pakistan, a Shia organization on Friday held protests in Uttar Pradesh's capital Lucknow.
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Address human rights violations seriously: Hina Jilani to Pak Government
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 30 (ANI): Amid rising cases of forced disappearances in the country, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) chairperson Hina Jilani on Friday asked the Shehbaz Sharif's government not to take the issues of human rights violations lightly.
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German Parliament to hold discussion on situation of Uyghurs in China's Xi
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], April 30 (ANI): In a bid to create pressure on China regarding human rights violations of the Uyghur community in the country, the German Parliament will hold a discussion on the situation of Uyghurs on Saturday.
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Human Rights Watch asks Pakistan to amend 'blood money' laws to deliver ju
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 28 (ANI): Highlighting the "severe miscarriage of justice" due to Pakistan's existing infamous "blood money" laws since 1990, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday called on the government to amend provisions of the criminal law that allow for murder and other s
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China using diplomatic leverage to target Uyghurs abroad
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 28 (ANI): China is using its diplomatic heft with countries in Central, West, and South Asia to hunt down and target Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities who have taken refuge abroad, a media report said.
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Uyghur internment camp survivors demonstrate outside UN office in Geneva
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 27 (ANI): Uyghur activists, many of whom are survivors of the internment camps set up by China in the Xinjiang region on Monday demonstrated for a week outside the United Nations compound in Geneva demanding a meeting with the UN human rights chief, a media report
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Rights experts raise concerns over human rights violations in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 25 (ANI): Several human rights experts have raised their voices against the violation of rights in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime, especially against the minorities in the country.
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Afghanistan: UNICEF expresses concern over violence on children
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 24 (ANI): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concerns over the series of attacks that led to the deaths of over 50 boys and girls, calling it a "grave rights violations" in Afghanistan.
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Families of disappeared people in Balochistan seek tangible govt intervent
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Quetta [Balochistan], April 24 (ANI): Beleaguered families from Balochistan whose members have disappeared over the last many years due to action of the Pakistani security agencies, are demanding tangible government action on the issue than mere lip service by successive Prime Ministers.
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China targetting social media handles of Tibetan government-in-exile: Repo
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], April 20 (ANI): China is targetting the social media handles of the officials of the Tibetan government-in-exile and human rights activists in a bid to silence the voice raised against the Chinese occupation of Tibet, a media report said.
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Taliban's prohibition on girls education departure from International law
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 20 (ANI): Taliban's announcement of closing secondary schools and high schools for girls is yet another departure by the regime from international law obligation which requires making secondary and higher education accessible to all.
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Pakistan National Assembly echoes with slogans against 'agenda' killings o
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 20 (ANI): Lawmakers from Balochistan on Tuesday raised slogans against the Former Prime Minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government and the security forces in the Pakistan National Assembly for carrying out 'agenda' killing of Baloch people.
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