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UN expresses concerns over human rights violations in Afghanistan's Panjsh
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], September 15 (ANI): The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan has expressed concerns over the country's human rights violations, including in Panjshir province.
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Enforced disappearances in Pakistan raise questions over role of secret se
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], September 14 (ANI): The constant reports of enforced disappearances in Pakistan have raised questions over the role of the special committee, constituted by the former chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, which was supposed to investigate such cases.
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India hits out at Pakistan over remarks at UNHRC, slams 'unwarranted refe
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 14 (ANI): Slamming Pakistan "for once again abusing" the United Nations Human Rights Council platform for peddling its "malicious propaganda", India has urged the Council to ask Islamabad to take credible steps to end its state-sponsored terrorism and dismantl
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China uses 'books' to justify wrongful claims over Tibet
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], September 14 (ANI): Upholding its repeated claim over Tibet, China is now using books as a tool to distort the view of its invasion of Tibet and justify its wrongful claims over the region.
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China's 'Zero COVID Policy' deprives Tibetans of basic amenities
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], September 14 (ANI): China's stringent measures under its so-called 'Zero Covid policy' has put the lives of Tibetan people in grave danger amid the recent COVID-19 outbreak that has made the lives of Tibetans unbearable, thus leaving the state in a hassle.
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Right to contest election not fundamental right: SC
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court said that an individual cannot claim the right to contest elections and dismissed a plea of a litigant with a cost of Rs one lakh who sought to contest Rajya Saba polls without a proposer to propose his name.
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EU envoy slams Taliban for human rights violations in Afghanistan, says it
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 13 (ANI): Special Envoy of the European Union for Afghanistan, Tomas Niklasson, on Monday raised his concerns over the surge in violations of human rights under the Taliban and said that the organization has failed to uphold any promises made.
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Over 2,000 child abuse cases registered in Pakistan during past six months
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 13 (ANI): More than 2,000 cases of child abuse were registered in Pakistan during the past six months, highlighting the grim situation of human rights in the country.
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Court reserves order on plea over Qutub Minar land ownership claim
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): The Saket court in Delhi on Tuesday reserved the order on an Intervention Application (IA) moved by Kunwar Mahender Dhwaj Pratap Singh, who claimed ownership rights over Qutub Minar land, while hearing an appeal that sought worship rights for Hindus
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Pakistan comes to rescue of China over crimes against humanity
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 13 (ANI): Pakistan and China have enjoyed in recent years at the United Nations a relationship comparable to one between two powerful mafia families, rescuing each other on the issue of human rights violations.
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US special envoy slams Taliban's ban on girls' education, calls it 'destru
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 12 (ANI): US Special Envoy for Afghan Women, Girls, and Human Rights in Afghanistan, Rina Amiri on Sunday condemned the Taliban's ban on girls' education and said that there is no justification for continuing this destructive policy in the country.
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Ayodhya, Mathura, Kashi will bring "unity" in country, says Uma Bharti aft
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], September 12 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Uma Bharti on Monday welcomed a Varanasi court's verdict upholding the maintainability of a Hindu group's petition seeking worshipping rights in the Gyanvapi mosque compound even as she urged both sides
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