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Amnesty calls out Taliban for its atrocities on Afghans, says country at b
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 26 (ANI): Amnesty International in a recent report has called out the Taliban to provide women and girls in Afghanistan the right to work and get an education, as well as participate in politics and society as the human rights of the community are being stripped s
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Pakistan judge laments generals, politicians have misused Jinnah
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 26 (ANI): A judge of Pakistan's Supreme Court has lamented that generals and politicians have often misquoted and misused the country's founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah's declarations to emphasise equal rights for people of all faiths.
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London-based activist raises concern over atrocities in PoK, says 'every p
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], August 25 (ANI): London-based rights activist Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri raised concern over the rights of the poeple of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir and said that every political party needs reform.
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China in tight spot after UN report confirms human rights violations in Xi
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 25 (ANI): Beijing is facing a difficult situation after the UN Special Rapporteur stated that China is involved in the suppression of the minority Uyghur Muslim population in Xinjiang.
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Freedom of religion under grim state since Taliban seized power in Afghani
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 25 (ANI): Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, the country is facing a severe decline in religious freedom as the interim government has failed to safeguard religious minorities, a report by United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (US
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Activists highlight plight of man thrown out of his Muzaffarabad house by
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad [PoK], August 24 (ANI): Abbas Butt, chairman of the Kashmir National Party, in a virtual interaction with human rights activist Shabir Choudhry highlighted the plight of Malik Waseem whose family was forcibly evicted from his house in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (P
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Restoration of temples in Qutub Minar: ASI opposes Intervention Applicatio
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 24 (ANI): The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Wednesday opposed the Intervention Application (IA) moved by one Kunwar Mahender Dhwaj Pratap Singh in an appeal, in the Saket Court, which sought worshipping rights for Hindus and Jains inside the Qutub Minar co
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"Pak military establishment transformed country into prison-like system",
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], August 24 (ANI): Pakistani human rights activist Sanna Ejaz said that the Pakistan Army has transformed the country into a prison-like system controlled by security authorities, with the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) playing a particularly central role in entrenc
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Make torture a crime: Rights group urges Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], August 24 (ANI): Pakistan's Senate should urgently pass a bill that would make torture a criminal offence, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.
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UN Official describes situation of Afghan women and girls as regressing
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 24 (ANI): UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths called out the Taliban for reopening girls' schools in a statement on Tuesday and said that the situation of Afghan women and girls is very regressing.
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Pak Hindu families forced to relocate amid blasphemy furore
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad [Pakistan], August 23 (ANI): All Hindu families living in a six-storey building were forced to leave their apartments after an enraged mob attacked the building while trying to get hold of a man belonging to the Hindu minority community who was booked in an alleged case of blasp
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Pakistan's Human Rights Commission laments apathy of govt, opposition towa
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 23 (ANI): Lamenting the apathy of the Pakistan government and opposition towards flood devastations in the country, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) expressed grave concern at the loss of life and livelihoods wrought by floods across the country.
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