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Japan, Australia express concern over China's recent coast guard law, huma
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], June 9 (ANI): Japan and Australia's foreign and defense ministers on Wednesday expressed strong concerns over the oppressive coast guard law passed by China earlier this year, and called for it to be more consistent with international law.
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NHRC seeks action-taken reports on rights denial of teachers
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Secretaries of Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, and Principal Secretary, Directo
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Human rights violations, curtailed religious freedom qualifies Pakistan to
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 9 (ANI): Successive Pakistani administrations have engaged in gross violations of human rights, suppressed dissent and curtailed religious freedom. It qualifies Pakistan to be designated as a terror sponsor State.
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COVID-19: NHRC directs Centre to take appropriate action within 8 weeks to
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday quizzed the Secretaries of various Central Ministries including Home, Health and Family Welfare, and Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, over the plight of millions of homeless people and street childr
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Former Chinese policeman reveals chilling account of Uyghurs in China's Xi
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], June 8 (ANI): After a four-day hearing at a London-based tribunal on the treatment of Uyghurs, chilling testimony regarding torture of the Muslim minority has been revealed by a witness depicting blatant humans rights violation taking place in northwest China's Xinjiang province
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Rights group holds protest in London against land grab in Pak's Sindh
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], June 8 (ANI): The World Sindhi Congress (WSC) held a protest opposite Downing Street, London on June 6 against large-scale land grabbing in Pakistan's Sindh province, particularly the illegal occupation of Bahria Town in Karachi.
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Dominica PM terms Mehul Choksi 'Indian citizen', says courts will decide o
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Roseau [Dominica], June 8 (ANI): Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit termed fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi as an "Indian citizen" and stated that the courts will decide what happens to the fugitive. He added that the government will protect the rights of Choksi as he awaits trial
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US lawmakers urge IOC to consider alternative locations for 2022 Beijing O
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 8 (ANI): Top US lawmakers from the House Foreign Affairs Committee introduced a resolution on Monday (local time), urging the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to move the 2022 Winter Games, citing human rights violation against Uyghur by the Chinese governmen
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Rights groups call for independent probe into attack on Pak lawmaker Jugnu
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 8 (ANI): Several human rights groups strongly condemned the attack on Pakistani lawmaker Jugnu Mohsin and called for a swift and independent probe into attempted assassination.
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Veteran Chinese activist arrested for speaking against human rights abuses
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 7 (ANI): A 44-year-old Chinese activist, Wang Aizhong, was arrested last month on the charges of 'picking quarrels and provoking trouble' for speaking his mind on Twitter, a common offence used by China's authorities to stifle dissent.
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Leaders across Europe, N America push for 'diplomatic boycott' of Beijing
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 7 (ANI): Amid the growing calls for shunning 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, a group of politicians from countries across Europe and North America launched coordinated legislative actions on Monday, calling for a diplomatic boycott of games citing “gross violations of
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Afghan human rights watchdog calls for probe by international body into ta
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 7 (ANI): Relying on its assessments about some recent targeted attacks on the Hazara community, Afghanistan Human Rights Commission on Sunday reiterated that such attacks require comprehensive and deep investigation by an international team that should be picked by
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