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Looks like UN is in bed with communist China: Rights group on Bachelet's C
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], June 2 (ANI): Pro Uyghur groups are calling for the resignation of the UN rights chief, stating that she failed to denounce the repression of Uyghurs, during her six-days trip to China.
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US cautions China against violations of human rights in Africa
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, June 2 (ANI): The US has asked the Chinese government to respect the interests of Africans while asking Beijing to follow human rights, including workers' rights and protection of the environment.
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'No Muslim man should marry 3 women', Assam CM advocates equal share of pr
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Karbi Anglong (Assam) [India], June 2 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma while advocating for an equal share of the property for the wife, also batted for the marriage of a Muslim man with one woman instead of three.
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Pakistan effects deep cut in PoK budget, activist calls situation 'alarmin
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Muzaffarabad [PoK], June 2 (ANI): Highlighting the plight of the people of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK), human rights activist and chairman of United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) Shaukat Ali Kashmiri said that the Pakistani government has cut the PoK development budget by Rs 2.
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Rights group call for urgent debate on women's rights crisis in Afghanista
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 1 (ANI): The world's worst women's rights crisis demands an urgent and proportionate response from the UN Human Rights Council, urged a coalition of 25 leading NGOs from all world regions on Wednesday.
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US 'smears' our normal cooperation with Pacific nations: China
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], June 1 (ANI): China on Wednesday opposed the recent US-New Zealand joint statement, saying it "distorts and smears" the country's normal cooperation with Pacific Island nations and "deliberately hypes" up the issues in the South China Sea.
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Tiananmen Square's 'Pillar of Shame' statue replica to be unveiled in Taiw
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], June 1 (ANI): A three-meter tall replica of the "Pillar of Shame" statue honouring the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident will be unveiled at a commemorative vigil in Taiwan on Saturday evening, local media reported.
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Amid Qutub Minar row, Cong leader demands to reopen Charminar for prayers;
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 1 (ANI): A new controversy erupted with a Telangana Congress leader starting a signature campaign to hold a sit-in protest to allow the Charminar in Hyderabad to be opened for offering prayers.
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J-K LG lauds Centre's 'people-centric' policies for empowering the most di
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 31 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday said that the people of the union territory were deprived of development for the last seven decades, but now under the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Central government, the Con
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Refusing to Disappear: Daughter shares soul-rending ordeals after father '
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 31 (ANI): Aymun Sajid, daughter of Sajid Mehmood, who was abducted on the evening of spring 2016 by "Pakistan's state agencies", remembers the day clearly and still clutches the memories of her "Baba" who never came back.
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Leaked documents help explain CCP's paranoia over Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, May 31 (ANI): A cache of tens of thousands of leaked documents from the Chinese police and re-education camps have confirmed that the top leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) - reaching right to Chairman Xi Jinping at the top - are totally complicit in the human rights
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Xi backs new Hong Kong leader John Lee who oversaw crackdown on democracy
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], May 31 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday met newly appointed Hong Kong chief executive, John Lee and thanked him for achieving a major transition in the city what he described as from "chaos to order."
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