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NCP's Sharad Pawar questions silence of Rajnath, Jaishankar over Blinken's
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 14 (ANI): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar on Wednesday questioned the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for not rebutting United State Secretary of State Antony Blinken's remarks on 'human rig
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Blinken links Taliban's takeover in Afghanistan to 'serious erosion of hum
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 14 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday (local time) said that the Taliban's takeover in Afghanistan has resulted in a "serious erosion of human rights" in the country.
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Cases of enforced disappearances continue unabated in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 13 (ANI): Cases of disappearances, especially from ethnic minority areas continue unabated in Pakistan with a commission recording a total of 158 missing persons for the year 2022.
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India gets elected to 4 United Nations ECOSOC bodies
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [UN], April 13 (ANI): India on Wednesday got elected to four United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) bodies, the country's mission to the UN informed in a tweet.
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Jaishankar responds to Blinken's remarks on human rights, refers to 'lobb
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 13 (ANI): Noting that human rights issue was not discussed during his meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday made a veiled reference to his remarks at a joint presser and said India was entitled "to hav
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Rights activist asks Taliban to reopen girls' schools
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 13 (ANI): Women's rights activist Zarifa Ghafari called on the Taliban to reopen all girls' schools and asked the world leaders to pay attention to the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and "not differentiate between Afghans and Ukrainians".
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Nearly 500 ex-Afghan officials killed, kidnapped by Taliban: Report
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 13 (ANI): The Taliban, after seizing power in Afghanistan, have murdered or kidnapped about 500 former Afghan officials, military personnel and those believed to have collaborated with the United States.
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Act quickly to protect Afghan journalists, RSF tells new UN special rappor
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], April 13 (ANI): Reporters Without Borders (RSF) have written to Richard Bennett, the UN's new special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, calling for urgent action to defend journalists and press freedom in Afghanistan, where arbitrary arrests are on the
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Afghanistan: Rights issues occurred before, after Taliban takeover, says U
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 13 (ANI): Significant human rights issues occurred before and after the Taliban took over on August 15, 2021, the State Department said in its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices on Tuesday.
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Blinken says China continues to commit human rights abuses in Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 13 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has accused China of committing gross human rights violations, particularly in the Xinjiang region, in a speech on the annual human rights report released on Tuesday.
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Over 8000 people missing in Pakistan during 2021: Report
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 13 (ANI): Pakistan's human rights situation has further deteriorated as a recent report unveiled by the US revealed that over 8000 people were missing in the country during 2021 including 1,200 missing in Sindh province in the last six months.
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US accuses Russia of human rights violations in annual report
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 13 (ANI): The United States slammed Russia over alleged human rights violations, the State Department said in its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices on Tuesday.
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