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Afghan women need global action to halt Taliban abuse
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], August 17 (ANI): Afghan women feel abandoned by the world and they are justified in feeling this way, said Heather Barr, Associate Director, Women's Rights Division of Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday.
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India contributes USD 400,000 to UN trust funds, underlines unwavering sup
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 16 (ANI): Reflecting its commitment to global promotion and protection of human rights and support for UN Human Rights, India has contributed USD 400,000 to four voluntary trust funds.
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Ill-executed withdrawal of US questions Biden's competence as Taliban comp
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 16 (ANI): A year after the Taliban completes a year in Afghanistan following the withdrawal of US troops, US President Joe Biden's competence has been heavily questioned as the ill-executed withdrawal of the American forces led to the imposition of the brutal Tali
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Repression of ethnic minorities intensifies in China under Xi's leadership
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 16 (ANI): Amid Xi Jinping's quest to implement a one nation, one race in China, the country's ethnic minorities continue to suffer discrimination and have been facing severe human rights violations in the country.
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Women's rights crisis in Afghanistan has few parallels in the world
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 16 (ANI): A year has passed since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan following a rapid drawdown of Western forces that pushed the country into a number of crises which transformed the country fundamentally.
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Lives of Afghan women, girls changed unrecognizably since Taliban returned
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 16 (ANI): A year on from the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the senior UN official in the country, Resident Coordinator Ramiz Alakbarov, described his fears for girls' lives and called for women to play a full role in reviving the Afghan economy.
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Depriving girls of secondary education costs USD 500mn to Afghan economy:
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 16 (ANI): Keeping girls out of secondary school costs Afghanistan 2.5 per cent of its annual GDP, according to a new analysis by UNICEF.
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Pakistan may borrow another USD 2.8 billion from IMF under Saudi Arabia's
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 15 (ANI): Pakistan claimed that Islamabad has been able to borrow up to USD 2.8 billion against Riyadh's quota of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) after reports of Saudi Arabia planning to renew a USD 3 billion deposit at the State Bank of Pakistan.
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UN official condemns use of force to suppress women's protests in Afghanis
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 15 (ANI): UN's special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett condemned the "use of excessive force" to suppress women's protests, calling it a breach of their right to freedom of expression.
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Rushdie stood for universal rights of freedom of expression, says Blinken
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 15 (ANI): Lauding Salman Rushdie for consistently standing up for the universal rights of freedom of expression, freedom of religion, and freedom of the press, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Sunday said that the Iranian state institutions have incited violen
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London-based activist decries atrocities in PoK, slams Pak security agenci
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Dublin [Ireland], August 14 (ANI): London-based rights activist Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri once again raised his voice against the Pakistan security agencies which continue to commit rights abuses in the region and deprive the local people of basic rights.
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Taliban failed to form "an inclusive political system": EU
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], August 14 (ANI): The Taliban which seized power in Afghanistan a year ago and formed a new government, failed to form "an inclusive political system" and continue to violate human rights, the EU External Action Service (EEAS) said on Sunday.
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