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Human Rights Watch asks Pakistan to amend 'blood money' laws to deliver ju
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 28 (ANI): Highlighting the "severe miscarriage of justice" due to Pakistan's existing infamous "blood money" laws since 1990, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday called on the government to amend provisions of the criminal law that allow for murder and other s
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China using diplomatic leverage to target Uyghurs abroad
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 28 (ANI): China is using its diplomatic heft with countries in Central, West, and South Asia to hunt down and target Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities who have taken refuge abroad, a media report said.
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BCCI invites quotations for title sponsor rights for Women's T20 Challenge
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 28 (ANI): Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announces the release of Request for Quotations for title sponsorship rights For Women's T20 Challenge 2022.
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TMC delegation to meet NHRC over Prayagraj murder case tomorrow
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 28 (ANI): A three-member delegation of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) fact-finding committee is set to meet the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday over the Prayagraj case, where five members of a family were found dead inside their house.
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Dress restrictions tighten for Afghanistan girls' schools, says rights gro
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 28 (ANI): After seizing powering August the last year, the Taliban instituted a de facto ban on girls' secondary education, even though community pressure resulted in some girls' secondary schools reopening in about nine provinces.
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RSF urges UN to address press freedom issue during upcoming visit to China
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], April 28 (ANI): Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has urged United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to address the country's dire state of press freedom during her upcoming mission to China in May.
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Uyghur internment camp survivors demonstrate outside UN office in Geneva
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 27 (ANI): Uyghur activists, many of whom are survivors of the internment camps set up by China in the Xinjiang region on Monday demonstrated for a week outside the United Nations compound in Geneva demanding a meeting with the UN human rights chief, a media report
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UK-based media outlet calls on EU to suspend Pak's favoured trading status
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], April 27 (ANI): On the grounds of continued human rights abuses in Pakistan, a London-based media outlet is set to host a program calling out for suspension of Pakistan's favoured GSP+ trading status with the European Commission which was approved by the EU parliament in April 2
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UK CCTV monitor grills govt to clarify position on Hikvision engaged in Xi
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], April 26 (ANI): The monitor overseeing the British government's use of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras has asked the UK government to clarify its positions on buying surveillance cameras from controversial tech company Hikvision implicated for its involvement with the C
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FIP and IRRO organise workshop on Copyright Protection amidst Dynamic Tech
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] April 26 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The Federation of Indian Publishers organised a half-day online conference from 12:30 pm to 5:00 pm on World Book Day, April 23, 2022, in association with the Indian Reprographic Rights Organization, examining and exposing vulnerabilities
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UN human rights experts urge US to ease freeze on Afghanistan assets
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 26 (ANI): Alarmed by the critical humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, independent UN human rights experts on Monday called for the United States to end its freeze on Afghanistan's foreign assets.
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UN special envoy stresses importance to ensure protection, human rights fo
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 26 (ANI): Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Mette Knudsen, met members of Hazara and Shia communities and stressed the importance to ensure protection and human rights for all people in Afghanistan.
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