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UN rights chief to publish Xinjiang report today despite China's protest
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 31 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet is set to release the long-awaited report on rights abuses in China's Xinjiang province on Wednesday, media reports said.
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Human rights activists call to impose limits on Pak intelligence agencies
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 31 (ANI): Former lawmakers and human rights activists on Tuesday demanded to introduce legislation to ensure that limits were imposed on state institutions and laws were introduced in Pakistan that lay down boundaries for the functioning of intelligence agencies
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Rights group accuses Iran, Turkey of illegal Afghan migrant pushback
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], August 31 (ANI): Iranian and Turkish security forces have pushed back Afghans who attempted to cross their borders by opening fire on them including women and children, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.
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Chinese Communist Party spreads Tibet disinformation through various forum
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 31 (ANI): The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is trying to distort the view of its invasion of Tibet by spreading propaganda through Tibetology forums and think tank forums, legitimising its claim on Tibet.
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Slavery in China: UN report exposes skeleton in the cupboard
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 31 (ANI): The report of a U.N. investigator has now exposed the skeleton in the cupboard: contemporary forms of slavery are practised in China in the shape of forced labour for the Uyghur minorities in the Xinjiang region as well as in Tibet which has been under the i
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Atrocities against women continues in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 31 (ANI): The targeting of religious minorities, especially women, has been continuing in Pakistan recently a Hindu girl returned to her family after enduring two years of gang rape by her abductors, local media reported.
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Uncertain legacy of UN Rights chief's on Tibet issue
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], August 31 (ANI): Head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet is set to step down after her term ends on August 31st, however, her silence over Tibet issues throughout the four years of her term as OHCHR is termed as uncertain and inconseque
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Equality not just achieved by decriminalisation of Sec 377 alone, must ext
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 30 (ANI): Supreme Court judge Justice DY Chandrachud on Tuesday said equality is not just achieved by the decriminalisation of Section 377 of the IPC alone but it must also extend to all spheres of life.
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Taliban's atrocities continue, shopkeepers warned not to sell goods to wom
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 30 (ANI): In another oppressive move, Taliban officials have asked shopkeepers in Balkh province of Afghanistan to not sell anything to women not wearing a Hijab and warned of consequences if they fail to obey the order.
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UN rights chief slams Israel's failure to grant visas for staff in West Ba
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 30 (ANI/Sputnik): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday denounced Israel's refusal to issue or extend visas for UN staff to monitor the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory.
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No let-up in cases of enforced disappearance in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 30 (ANI): To mark the International Day of the victims of enforced disappearance, the Rights Group highlights Pakistan's cases of horrible disappearances which continue with impunity, thus putting people at risk of torture or death.
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ZEE Entertainment, Disney Star sign agreement for TV rights of ICC men's e
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 30 (ANI): Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEE) and Disney Star on Tuesday said they have entered into a strategic licensing agreement under which Disney Star will license the television broadcasting rights of the ICC Men's and Under 19 (U-19) global e
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