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NCPCR directs Netflix to stop streaming 'Bombay Begums' for inappropriate
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 13 (ANI): Citing inappropriate portrayal of children in 'Bombay Begums', the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Friday asked the streaming platform Netflix to stop streaming the web series.
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EU set to sanction Chinese officials over human rights abuses
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Brussels [Belgium], March 12 (ANI): Senior European Union leaders have agreed to target China with sanctions over its human rights abuses, blacklisting four people and one entity in Xinjiang, according to several diplomats.
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China threatening to turn Tibetan Buddhist community into govt's tool: Rep
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Washington [US], March 12 (ANI): New measures of surveillance and control imposed by the Chinese Communist Party are threatening to turn the Tibetan Buddhist monastic community into a tool of the Xi Jinping-led government, according to a rights group.
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Pressure rises on China as hundreds protest in Istanbul against Beijing's
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Istanbul [Turkey], March 11 (ANI): International pressure on China's aggressive crackdown on ethnic minorities has risen, with the latest report of hundreds of women staging a march in Istanbul demanding an end to Beijing's 'genocide' and protection of Uyghur women's rights.
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US Senate approves bill to tighten controls on China-funded Confucius Inst
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Washington DC [US], March 11 (ANI): The US Senate had last week unanimously approved a bill that would increase oversight on Confucius Institutes, China-funded cultural centers that operate on university campuses in the country.
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US concerned as Chinese human rights lawyer goes missing
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Washington [US], March 11 (ANI): The United States has expressed concerns about the whereabouts of Chinese lawyer Wang Yu, who went missing ahead of the International Women's Day awards ceremony to honour her human rights work.
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Activist urges Biden administration to act against Chinese Communist Party
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New York [US], March 11 (ANI): Tahir Imin, an exiled Uyghur rights activist on Monday urged the Biden administration to take action against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over the "genocide", reported New York Post.
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Global lawmakers call out China for abuses against minority women in Xinji
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Washington [US], March 11 (ANI): A group of global lawmakers have called on governments to hold China to account for abuses against minority women in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), amid reports of systematic sexual abuse in detention and violations of reproductive rights. Read More
Fear rises in Myanmar as 2nd NLD member dies in military detention
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Naypyitaw [Myanmar], March 10 (ANI): Another leader from Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi's party has died in military detention after being allegedly tortured in custody, according to a watchdog group.
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European think-tank urges UN to hold Pakistan accountable for promoting te
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Geneva [Switzerland], March 10 (ANI): An European think-tank has urged the United Nations to hold Pakistan accountable for promoting terrorism and failing to live up to its legal and moral obligations towards its own people and the international community.
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'Tibet Rights Collective' protests at Chinese Embassy in New Delhi, demand
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New Delhi [India], March 10 (ANI): Tibet Rights Collective, a group supporting the Tibetan cause with a focus on India's security held the 62nd Tibetan National Uprising day with a mass protest in front of the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi today.
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ICC CEO Manu Sawhney sent on 'leave' after preliminary investigation shows
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New Delhi [India], March 10 (ANI): The International Cricket Council's (ICC) Chief Executive Manu Sawhney has not been having the best of times lately. After his much-favoured idea of asking boards to bid for hosting rights of world events was met with a dead bat by the likes of BCCI, ECB, a
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