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Women in Pakistan, China continue to face discrimination, violence: Pak hu
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], March 10 (ANI): Women in Pakistan and China continue to face gender discrimination and sexual violence at home and at the workplace, said Pakistani human rights activist Anila Gulzar.
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UK MP calls for much tougher action on China's human rights abuses
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London [UK], March 10 (ANI): Former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions of the United Kingdom Iain Duncan Smith has called for "much tougher action" to combat human rights abuses in China as Beijing continues to impose severe crackdowns on Uyghurs and the citizens of Hong Kong.
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US Congressman expresses solidarity with Sindhi community as Pak crackdown
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Washington [US], March 9 (ANI): Amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Pakistan against the Sindhis, US Congressman Adam Schiff has condemned the human rights abuses in Sindh province, including disappearances, torture, forced conversions and extrajudicial killings.
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Cult-favourite beauty brand, SUGAR Cosmetics launches first-ever product c
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 9 (ANI/NewsVoir): SUGAR Cosmetics, one of India's fastest-growing beauty brands has launched their first-ever product collaboration, an invincible and super awe-inspiring SUGAR X WONDER WOMAN collection after acquiring the rights from Warner Bros. Media fo
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Netflix's 'The Queen's Gambit' getting adapted into a stage musical
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Washington [US], March 9 (ANI): What's in store for the award-winning Netflix series 'The Queen's Gambit'? A musical. The hit series may become a musical as production company Level Forward has acquired theatrical stage rights to Walter Tevis' book 'The Queen's Gambit', which served as the b
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World Uyghur Congress calls for Magnitsky sanctions on China over human ri
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Brussels [Belgium], March 9 (ANI): Calling for Magnitsky sanctions on the Chinese leadership and other entities, Benedict Rogers, the co-founder of Hong Kong Watch and adviser to the World Uyghur Congress said that human rights are "under severe assault in China since the Tiananmen massacre"
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SC notice to states to map, enumerate, register children of migrants at wo
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New Delhi [India], March 9 (ANI): Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to all states on a petition seeking appropriate directions and orders to the respondents, including the Union of India (UOI) to map, enumerate and register the number of infants and children of migrant families at variou
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Brothers of US-based journalist detained after Xinjiang coverage, in appar
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Washington [US], March 9 (ANI): Two brothers of US-based Journalist Eset Sulaiman have been detained by the authorities in China's Xinjiang as part of an intimidation campaign aimed at preventing him from reporting on rights abuses, according to Radio Free Asia.
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Uyghurs urge International Olympic Committee to cancel Beijing 2022 Olympi
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London [UK], March 8 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress, a human rights group, has urged International Olympic Committee's ethics commission to personally make a ruling on a complaint the group filed to move the 2022 Winter Olympics from Beijing, The Hill reported.
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Absolute Binge Entertainment acquires story rights of Delhi cop Seema Dhak
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 8 (ANI/NewsVoir): Seema Dhaka is the first Delhi Police officer to be promoted out of turn, for finding 76 missing children, within a short span of three months. Now, a web series will be made to showcase the inspiring story of this lady cop.
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Part of Jammu & Kashmir illegally held by Pakistan since 1947, says UK
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Geneva [Switzerland], March 8 (ANI): Shaukat Ali Kashmiri, exiled Chairman of United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) on Saturday (local time) said that Pak occupied Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan were a part of the erstwhile princely state of Jammu and Kashmir but have been illegally h
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Pakistan's fight for gender equality amid COVID-19
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Islamabad [Pakistan], March 7 (ANI): As crimes against women in Pakistan continues to mount, women across the country -- like every International Womens' Day -- would be staging an 'Aurat March' demonstrating against the atrocities that women face, but this time in a more curtailed setting d
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