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Baloch human rights group hosts seminar to address Pakistan's atrocities i
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 23 (ANI): Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC) hosted a seminar titled, "The Baloch Lives Matter" during the 49th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva to highlight atrocities by Pakistan in Balochistan.
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Taliban's education ministry asks women personnel to wear hijab
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 22 (ANI): Taliban's Ministry of Education has asked its women personnel to wear Hijab to their offices, while asking the men to refrain from shaving their beards, media reports said.
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Prominent Tibetan writer released after 13 years in China prison
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], March 22 (ANI): Prominent Tibetan writer and co-founder and editor of the first-ever Tibetan literary website 'Chomei' (Butter Lamp) Kunchok Tsephel has reportedly been released by Chinese authorities after a harrowing 13 years in prison.
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OIC meeting: Pakistan PM rakes up Kashmir, fails to speak against rights v
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 22 (ANI): Turning a blind eye to China's suppression of Uyghur Muslims, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan once again raked up the issue of Kashmir at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting in Islamabad.
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Human rights in Myanmar face 'profound crisis'
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 22 (ANI): Amidst a "profound crisis" facing access to basic human rights in Myanmar, the UN's top rights official on Monday said that hundreds of localized armed resistance groups have now formed across the country, triggering "widespread violence in areas that were prev
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US Under Secretary Zeya holds talks with Pak leadership on Afghanistan, Uk
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 22 (ANI): US Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya on Monday held talks with Pakistan leadership on several issues including relocation of Afghan refugees and the Ukraine crisis.
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Pakistan invasion curtailed PoK's freedom rights, says UKPNP leader
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad [PoK], March 22 (ANI): Secretary Foreign Affairs of United Kashmir People's National Party, Jamil Maqsood said that Pakistan Occupied Kashmir would be enjoying its freedom if Pakistan did not orchestrate the invasion of the region.
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US imposes travel bans on Chinese officials for repression of ethnic, reli
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 22 (ANI): The United States has imposed visa restrictions on Chinese officials for their involvement in the repression of ethnic and religious minority groups inside and outside the border of China.
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28-yr-old transgender contests Cuttack civic polls independently to ensure
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Cuttack (Odisha) [India], March 22 (ANI): A 28-year-old individual from the transgender community, Tanushree Behera, is going to contest the election for corporator in the Cuttack Municipal Corporation. Behera is the only contestant of her gender in the entire municipality election, which is
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Afghan activists protest at White House against Taliban, its sponsor Pakis
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 21 (ANI): Members of Afghan diaspora in the United States, including women's rights activists and supporters of the National Resistance Front (NRF) organized a protest rally in Washington DC in front of the White House on Sunday.
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Pakistan: Demanding right to life seen as act of dissent
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 21 (ANI): Highlighting the human rights violations in the country, a Pakistan activist said that demanding the most basic right, the right to life, has become an act of dissent in the country.
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Tripura: TIPRA rules out possibilities of an alliance with BJP in assembly
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], March 21 (ANI): Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA Motha) on Sunday ruled out possibilities of an alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party hours after indigenous rights activist Patal Kanya Jamatia joined BJP.
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