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A Tibetan exile's account of being stateless in world of nation-states
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], July 28 (ANI): Tenzin Jampa, is a Tibetan student born and raised in India. Currently an undergraduate at MIT, Cambridge, US shared his pain of being stateless in the world of nation-states.
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UN experts ask Hong Kong authorities to repeal national security law
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], July 27 (ANI): United Nations-backed human rights experts on Wednesday called on authorities in Hong Kong to repeal a national security law as it slammed China's tightening grip on the semi-autonomous region.
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New study highlights Xinjiang paramilitary group's 'central role' in Uyghu
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 27 (ANI): A new paper has revealed fresh evidence detailing the role of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) in implementing the Chinese government's brutal campaign of persecution against the Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minorities in the Xin
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Chinese human rights lawyer in closed-door trial as family members held by
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 27 (ANI): Chinese human rights lawyer Chang Weiping stood trial for a subversion charge in Shaanxi province behind closed doors and moreover his wife was prevented from travelling to the court.
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Persecution of minorities under blasphemy continues in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 27 (ANI): The targeting of religious minorities has been continuing in Pakistan under blasphemy as a large number of innocent persons who have lost their lives, homes and their terrorized families dispersed, according to media reports.
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Activists in Nepal demonstrate at UN Office against execution of four pris
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Lalitpur [Nepal], July 26 (ANI): Human rights activists and advocates have demonstrated in front of the United Nations Nepal Office against the execution of four prisoners in military-ruled Myanmar.
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CCPA issues 129 notices to advertisers for consumer protection
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): After completing two years of its establishment on July 24, the Central Consumer Protection Authority on Tuesday issued as many as 129 notices, of which 71 were for misleading, 49 for unfair trade practices, and nine for the violation of consumer rights.
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China's image declines due debt-trap policy, human rights issues
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal]/Islamabad [Pakistan], July 26 (ANI): China's image as a preferred investor in Asia have suffered due to policies leading to debt traps along with the human rights situation in the country.
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1.5 million Afghans residing in Pakistan: UNHCR
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 26 (ANI): Pakistan remains the largest country of asylum for Afghans, with 1.5 million Afghans residing in Pakistan, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) report.
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US urges China to put pressure on Myanmar military after junta executes de
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 26 (ANI): The United States has asked China to increase pressure on Myanmar after the military junta executed four democracy activists which drew condemnation from the United Nations.
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China exploits US social media to push its own Xinjiang narratives: Report
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], July 26 (ANI): A new policy paper released by an Australian think tank has revealed how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is continuing to exploit US-based social media platforms to influence unwitting audiences beyond China's territory.
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Taliban's intelligence forces detain Afghan radio host
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 26 (ANI): The Taliban's intelligence forces on Tuesday detained radio host and senior reporter Alauddin Erkin, a media report said.
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