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Seven US Senators oppose position to China in UN Human Rights Council Cons
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 8 (ANI): Seven US Senators have written to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opposing the appointment of Jiang Duan, Minister of Chinese Mission in Geneva to the UN Human Rights Council Consultative Group and said that China should not occupy the position of
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Divest from Chinese tech companies over Uyghur killings, NGOs tell Norway
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Oslo [Norway], Mar 28 (ANI): A group of NGOs has urged Norway to divest from Chinese technology companies for their involvement in human rights violations in China's Uyghur Region.
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Pakistan using religious extremism to counter Baloch nationalism, say acti
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 12 (ANI): Baloch and other human rights activists from Pakistan held a protest outside the United Nations office here to draw the attention towards growing human rights violations and the spread of religious extremism in Balochistan.
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Baloch, Sindhi, Pashtun activists lambast Pak Army for human rights violat
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 6 (ANI): Activists from Balochistan, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces of Pakistan have lambasted the Pakistani Army for carrying out human rights violations against the minorities in the country.
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Pashtun activists protest outside UN office in Geneva against genocide by
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 3 (ANI): Pashtun activists held a massive demonstration against Pakistan Army's genocide in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA (tribal areas) at the Broken Chair during the ongoing session of UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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Billboards reading 'Stop Human Rights Abuse of Pashtuns by Pakistan Army'
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Feb 26 (ANI): Billboards have been put up across Geneva informing about an exposition on "Stop Human Rights Abuse of Pashtuns by Pakistan Army".
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US imposes sanctions on Sri Lankan Army Chief over human rights violations
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C [US], Feb 15 (ANI): The US on Friday (local time) said it has imposed sanctions on Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, current Commander of the Sri Lanka Army for his involvement in gross violations of human rights during the final phase of Sri Lanka's civil war in 2009.
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Experts urge Pak to stop using terrorists as instruments of foreign and do
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 7 (ANI): Experts and human rights activists from South Asia raised concerns over Pakistan's military using extremist terror groups as instruments of foreign and domestic policy.
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China attempting to erase its own citizens' faiths, cultures through repre
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 29 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Saturday slammed China's ruling Communist Party for ill-treatment of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang and people in Tibet Autonomous Region, saying that Beijing is attempting to erase its own citizens' faiths and cultures t
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N Korea slams US official's remarks on human rights violations in country
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Dec 21 (Sputnik/ANI): The US' accusations of human rights violations in North Korea only "pour oil over burning fire" and will aggravate the situation in the peninsula, a spokesperson for the North Korean Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
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South Korea: Baloch activists hold protest in Busan against Pak Army-led a
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Busan [South Korea], Dec 10 (ANI): Members of Baloch Republican Party (BRP) and Baloch Republican Students Organization (BRSO) held a protest in the South Korean city of Busan on Tuesday against the gross human rights violations committed by the Pakistani Army in Balochistan.
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Leaked docs confirm China committing Human Rights Violations, in Xinjiang
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 27 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Tuesday (local time) said that the recently leaked documents over the high-security prison camps in the far western region of Xinjiang confirmed China's human rights violations against Uighurs Muslims.
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