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US imposes sanctions on Cuba's interior Minister for involvement in gross
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Nov 17 (ANI): US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo has announced that the country is imposing sanctions on Cuban Interior Minister Julio Ceaser Gandarilla Bermejo for involvement in "gross human rights violations in Venezuela."
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US imposes visa restrictions against Chinese govt officials over abuse of
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], Oct 9 (ANI): The United States on Tuesday (local time) introduced visa restrictions against Chinese government and Communist Party officials over human rights violations in the country's Xinjiang region.
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US adds 28 Chinese entities to trade blacklist over abuses in Xinjiang
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Oct 8 (ANI): The US Commerce Department on Monday said it had added 28 Chinese organisations to a United States blacklist over concerns about their role in human rights violations, effectively blocking those entities from buying American products.
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31st International Conference on Sindh held in London
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], Sept 29 (ANI): The World Sindhi Congress (WSC) on Saturday hosted an international conference on Sindh in London, where the participants highlighted issues such as enforced disappearances of activists, human rights violations and forced conversion of religious minorities in P
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US: Voice of Karachi writes to UN, seeks justice for Mohajirs against Pak'
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], Sept 28 (ANI): Highlighting the "gross human rights violations" of Mohajirs in Pakistan, Voice of Karachi, a US-based advocacy group, has urged the United Nations to intervene and save the community from the "systematic persecution" by the establishment.
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ICJ chided Pak for new ordinance in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, says will 'lead to
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 28 (ANI): International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has denounced promulgation of an ordinance by Pakistan government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa which will extend certain powers of the armed forces and said that the implementation of the order will "lead to serious h
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New York Times carries factually incorrect full-page ad towing Pak's line
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], Sept 27 (ANI): US-based newspaper The New York Times has published a factually incorrect advertisement towing Pakistan's line on Kashmir. The advertisement, which peddles Pakistan's false narrative, blatantly ignores its track record of human rights violations against Christ
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New York: Activists protest against human rights violations by Pakistan in
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], Sept 27 (ANI): As the Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan ranted about Kashmir in his address at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Friday, activists from Gilgit Baltistan and Balochistan protested outside against the human rights violations by Pakistan in these reg
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US: Plane circles Statue of Liberty with message urging UN to help end rig
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], Sept 27 (ANI): A plane towing a banner with the message "U.N must help end human rights abuses in Balochistan" circled the Statue of Liberty in New York, hours before Pakistan's Prime minister Imran Khan's address to the United Nations General Assembly.
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Geneva: Activists from Hong Kong, Xinjiang raise concerns over human right
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 21 (ANI): Activists from Hong Kong and Xinjiang shared a platform to raise their voice against human rights violations by China on the sidelines of the 42nd session of UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Friday.
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Activists expose Pak, Iran over human rights violations in Balochistan
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 18 (ANI): Activists have urged the United Nations to take notice of the plight of millions of Baloch people, who are being victimised by Pakistan and Iran.
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Baloch activists hold anti-Pakistan protest, seek UN intervention
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 17 (ANI): The Baloch Voice Association (BVA) has organised a protest at Broken Chair, in front of the United Nations office here, demanding its intervention to stop human rights violations in Balochistan.
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