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Johnson, Shehbaz Sharif discuss UK-Pakistan trade, Ukraine conflict over p
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], May 31 (ANI): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday and discussed a range of issues including trade, the human rights situation in Afghanistan and the Ukraine conflict.
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Death penalty cases soar in Myanmar after coup
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], May 31 (ANI): Raising an alarm over the rights situation in Myanmar, Amnesty International has said the death penalty increased at an alarming rate under military rule, with nearly 90 people sentenced to death by military tribunals since the coup last year.
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UK slams China for failure to grant UN official unfettered access to Xinji
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], May 31 (ANI): The Chinese authorities did not provide unfettered access to Xinjiang during UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet's 6-day official visit, said the United Kingdom government on Monday, adding that its failure to grant such access only serves to hi
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Taliban crackdown on journalists continues, another Afghan scribe disappea
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 31 (ANI): Raising concerns about the increasing human rights issues in Afghanistan, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said the Taliban must investigate the disappearance of journalist Ali Akbar Khairkhah and ensure that local officials allow female journa
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Human Rights Groups demand resignation of UN rights chief, term her China
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 30 (ANI): A Human Rights group has demanded the resignation of the United Nations High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet stating that she insulted the Uyghur victims of genocide and failed her duty as High Commissioner.
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Pakistan's water crisis to cause interprovincial rivalry, deteriorate huma
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 30 (ANI): The severe water crisis in Pakistan may create fissures between the two major coalition partners -- Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) --and can further deteriorate the human rights situation in Balochistan.
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Uyghur activists protest in US, urge UN to act on genocide by China
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 30 (ANI): Activists advocating the protection of rights of the Uyghur community held a demonstration in front of Capitol Hill in Washington, US on Sunday (local time) and urged the UN to act on the 'Uyghur Genocide' being carried out by China.
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Freedom long walk for Sindh's human rights kicks off in Canada
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], May 30 (ANI): The Freedom Long Walk for Sindh's human rights, climate change and environmental justice has kicked off in Canada. The protest march will take place from Toronto to Ottawa, covering 424 kilometres.
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No one's constitutional rights are being violated, UCC not against Muslims
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Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh [India], May 29 (ANI): Hours after Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (JUH) passed a resolution to oppose the Uniform Civil Code, Uttar Pradesh Minority Welfare Minister Danish Azad Ansari on Sunday clarified that the UCC is not against Muslims and no one's constitutional rights are
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Former Sri Lanka PM to summon before Human Rights Commission regarding att
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Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 29 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has decided to call former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to obtain a statement regarding the attacks on protesters at Galle Face and Temple Trees in Colombo on May 9 and the subsequent unrest.
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Xinjiang Police Files: Global brands fret over reputational, commercial lo
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], May 29 (ANI): The release of Xinjiang Police Files, which shows the extent and extremely repressive nature of China's mass internment policies in East Turkistan, has made the companies that source cotton from the region in China rethink their supply chains.
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Pakistan Army lodges FIR against Mazari's daughter for 'defaming' Gen Bajw
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Islamabad [Pakistan], May 29 (ANI): Pakistan Army has lodged an FIR against Imaan Mazari, daughter of Pakistan's former human rights minister Shireen Mazari, for "abusing and defaming" the army and Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa.
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