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China once again comes under UN scrutiny over human rights violations in T
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Chinese state has made intense efforts to subjugate Tibet and its people. The latest in this series is the propaganda being aired on state television through programmes aimed at showing that Buddhism is an "ancient Chinese religion" with Chinese characteristics.
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Wang Yi's Italy visit yields little good than it could: Report
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Wang Yi, a Chinese diplomat and politician, met with Antonio Tajani, the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, in Rome on February 16, 2023.
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Rights activists term domestic violence an 'endemic' in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
According to The News International, a patriarchal mindset, depleting economic situation, religious extremism, increasing population, discriminatory traditions and the impact of the climate crisis, all provide a perfect environment for domestic violence in Pakistani society.
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Chinese govt runs schools for Tibetan children to brainwash them into majo
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A press statement Human Rights Council of the United Nations (UN) released on 6 February in Geneva has come out with a shocking revelation that the Chinese government is running a chain of residential schools where about a million Tibetan children are forcibly lodged in order to wipe out the
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UN rights chief Volker Turk condemns Russia's "senseless" war in Ukraine
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has condemned Russia's "senseless" invasion of Ukraine and stressed that the UN body needs to forge a new worldwide consensus on human rights, broadening its base of support, according to the statement released by UN's OHCHR.
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China using court to nab western technology
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
China leans on an array of levers to pry technology from American companies. In 2018, The Wall Street Journal laid out the example of Beijing's plan to pry technology from other nations. DuPont Co. suspected its onetime partner in China was getting hold of its prized chemical technology and
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China's birth rate continues to fall as Chinese women resistant to three-c
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A recent report has shown that even as the Chinese Communist Party offers young newlyweds 30 days of paid holiday as part of its three-child policy, many women are sceptical that real progress will follow. The Global Institute for Women's Leadership's new collection, Essays on Equality: The
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Xinjiang's Governor Tuniyaz despised as a traitor, puppet of Beijing
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Recently, Tuniyaz cancelled a trip to the United Kingdom and the European Union after an outcry from politicians and Uyghur activists who said welcoming him would tacitly condone China's human rights abuses against Uyghurs.
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Baloch rights group South Korea chapter holds protest against recent enfor
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Enforced disappearances are common in Balochistan. People forcibly disappear daily at the hands of the Pakistan Army and other law enforcement agencies, where mostly young people become the victim of enforced disappearances.
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Share India Securities Ltd approves Terms of Rights Issue, Company added t
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 27 (ANI/PNN): Share India Securities Ltd. (BSE: 540725, NSE: SHAREINDIA), a tech-based financial conglomerate which specializes in the latency-based trading platform, has approved the terms for its rights issue.
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Uyghur detainee's death in Bangkok, epitome of govt's mishandling of those
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
According to Bangkok Post, the 49-year-old man died earlier this week of a lung infection. Despite claims by immigration authorities that they had taken good care of his health, rights activists said Abdullah had been seriously ill for more than three weeks but was not allowed to go to the h
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Afghan women launch Women's Revolution in Kabul to fight for fundamental h
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
According to one of the organizers, Donya Safi, the movement aimed to "protect the basic rights of citizens, particularly women, as access to basic rights is a serious requirement for the citizens." We started this campaign to fight the injustice and inequity against women, reported Amu TV,
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