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SCO Secy General meets Pak FM Zardari, urges Taliban to respect Afghans' r
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 24 (ANI): Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Secretary-General, Zhang Ming, who is in Pakistan on a four-day visit, held a meeting with the country's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari where both sides noted that Taliban must address internati
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Baloch activist seeks India's support to eliminate Pakistani terrorism
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [Pakistan], July 23 (ANI): A prominent Baloch rights activist and professor Naela Quadri Baloch on Saturday urged India to support Balochistan to contain Pakistan and eliminate Pakistani terrorism from South Asia.
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Plan India Impact Awards 2022 honoured Last Mile Champions and Changemaker
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Plan India, a not-for-profit organisation striving to advance children's rights and equality for girls, today announced the winners of the 5th Edition of Plan India Impact Awards 2022 to honour the last-mile champions including frontline w
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Cambodia slams US "Cambodia Democracy and Human Rights Act of 2022"
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], July 23 (ANI/Xinhua): The Senate of Cambodia on Saturday slammed the so-called "Cambodia Democracy and Human Rights Act of 2022" released by the United States recently, saying the bill contains biased, unfounded and prejudiced content.
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Rights group condemns assault on peaceful protesters in Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], July 23 (ANI): A New York-based rights group has condemned the assault on peaceful protesters in Sri Lanka that led to injury to more than 50 people and the arrest of at least 9 others.
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Afghans launch 'Ban Taliban' campaign on Twitter
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 23 (ANI): After Meta's crackdown on Taliban-affiliated content and pages, Afghans have launched a trend on the social media platform Twitter with a hashtag calling for a ban on Taliban.
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Kerala: Child Rights Commission directs state to make all schools co-ed
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 22 (ANI): With an aim to boost gender equality among the students, the child rights commission in Kerala has directed the education department to convert all schools in the state into co-ed schools, said the officials on Friday.
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China is exploiting Tibet's natural wealth: Report
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 22 (ANI): China is only interested in exploiting the natural wealth of Tibet and is changing its demography in an attempt to bring the roof of the world under its influence, according to rights groups.
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UNAMA report reveals 'disturbing' pattern of human rights violations by Ta
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 22 (ANI): United Nations mission in Geneva said that the latest United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) report reveals a "disturbing and consistent pattern of human rights violations" by the Taliban.
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Sri Lanka: 9 arrested during clashes at Galle Face protest site, says Poli
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 22 (ANI): As many as nine people were arrested in the early hours of Friday at the Galle Face protest site, in a face-off between protesters and armed security personnel.
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"Brutal and Despicable" says Sri Lanka's rights body on action against Gal
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 22 (ANI): Terming the actions of Sri Lankan authorities on the peaceful protesters at Galle Face "brutal and despicable", the country's Human Rights Commission condemned the act and urged the state to conduct its own investigation to ensure that rule of law is ma
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Police in PoK's Poonch open fire on peaceful protesters, many injured
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Poonch [PoK], July 22 (ANI): A number of protestors sustained injuries in the Poonch area of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) after security forces fired indiscriminately at them.
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