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China razes iconic Grand Bazaar in the city of oasis
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kashgar (Xinjiang) [China], May 8 (ANI): Chinese authorities have razed down the iconic Grand Bazaar in Xinjiang's Kashgar region, a media report said on Sunday.
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UN chief concerned over new hijab rules for Afghan women
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 8 (ANI): UN chief Antonio Guterres aired his concerns about a recent decision by the Taliban to obligate Afghan women to cover head-to-toe, a decision that has led to severe criticism from human rights observers.
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Hong Kong's new chief executive has an abusive past, says rights group
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 8 (ANI): John Lee, the only candidate for Hong Kong's top post, has been elected for the sixth term as the chief executive of the city-state.
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Step by step Taliban is obliterating women's rights: UN Special Rapporteur
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 8 (ANI): Step by step Taliban is obliterating Afghan women's human rights, UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett said a day after the Taliban issued the latest edict on mandatory face coverings compounding restrictions on education, movement, employment and public li
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Foreign diplomats, rights groups decry Sri Lanka's state of emergency
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 8 (ANI): Foreign envoys to Sri Lanka and rights groups on Saturday expressed concern over the declaration of a state of emergency by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
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UN rights body urges transparent probe into Ethopia clashes
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Addis Ababa, May 7 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Saturday called on Ethiopian authorities to promptly initiate and conduct transparent investigations into recent inter-religious clashes in Ethiopia.
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Uyghur representatives meet Norwegian leaders, seek Xinjiang genocide reco
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Oslo [Norway], May 7 (ANI): Representatives from the World Uyghur Congress (WUC), including its President Dolkum Isa met with Norwegian lawmakers and officials in Oslo, during a two-day visit to the country on May 5-6, and called for the recognition of the 'Uyghur genocide' in China's Xinjia
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Afghanistan: Taliban in fresh decree order women to wear all-covering burq
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 7 (ANI): In the latest curb on women's rights, the Taliban on Saturday issued a decree ordering the Afghan women to wear the all-covering burqa in public.
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Uzbekistan not to recognize Taliban regime 'alone', says Uzbek envoy Irgas
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 7 (ANI): An envoy of Uzbekistan said that the country is not ready to recognize the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
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NHRC issues notice to Telangana govt in interfaith marriage murder case
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): In the Telangana interfaith marriage murder case, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the chief secretary and police chief of Telangana, asking each of them to submit a detailed report in the case within four weeks.
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Pakistan's Opposition accuses newly-appointed interior minister of having
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 6 (ANI): Pakistan Opposition's letter to the United Nations accusing newly-appointed Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah of being "an ally of terrorist groups," may not come as a surprise to those at the world body looking at security issues and militancy management an
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Social media group warns Muslim women over removing burqa, taking selfies;
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 6 (ANI): A social media group claiming itself as the protector of Muslim rights has said that women wearing burqas in public spaces are not to open them and take selfies, said Mangaluru Police Commissioner N Shashi Kumar.
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