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Tibet listed as second least-free region in world: Report
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 4 (ANI): Tibet has been ranked as the second least free region in the world, according to the latest rankings of Washington-based watchdog Freedom House, which keeps a tab on global political rights and liberties.
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Pashtuns protest at UNHRC against rights violations in Pakistan
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Geneva, [Switzerland] March 04 (ANI): Members of the civil rights movement, Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) on Wednesday staged a protest outside the UN headquarters in Geneva raising concerns over gross human rights violations committed by the Pakistan Army on innocent Pashtuns.
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US has obligation to address genocide in Xinjiang by China, says Nancy Pel
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Washington [US], March 4 (ANI): Expressing solidarity with the Uyghur community amid the ongoing human rights abuse by the Chinese authorities, US Speaker Nancy Pelosi has affirmed her view that the United States has an "obligation to address the genocide".
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Pashtuns protest at UN headquarters against rights violations in Pakistan
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Geneva [Switzerland], March 3 (ANI): Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) Europe branch on Tuesday (local time) organised a protest at the United Nations Headquarters in Geneva against gross human rights violations committed by Pakistan Army on innocent Pashtuns.
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Newly-uncovered evidence reveals schemes to uproot minorities in China's X
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New Delhi [India], March 3 (ANI): Amid the growing international criticism of human rights abuses in China, newly-uncovered evidence revealed state-run schemes to forcibly uproot, assimilate and reduce the population density of ethnic and religious minorities in the Xinjiang region through c
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US civil rights activist Vernon Jordan dies at 85
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Washington [US], March 2 (ANI): Vernon Jordan, a civil rights leader and close adviser to former US President Bill Clinton, has passed away at age of 85 on Monday (local time), CNN reported citing sources.
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Photo exhibition in Geneva highlights persecution of Baloch
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Geneva [Switzerland], March 2 (ANI): A three-day exhibition highlighting the persecution of Baloch people in Pakistan's Balochistan province has been launched in front of Palais Wilson on the sidelines of the ongoing 46th Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva.
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Pakistan: Rights group calls for release of activist Professor Muhammad Is
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Peshawar [Pakistan], March 2 (ANI): A civil rights group has demanded that the bail application of Pakistani human rights defender Professor Muhammad Ismail should be accepted by the Peshawar High Court on March 5 and the charges against him and his wife, Uzlifat Ismail, should be dropped im
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Pashtun activist blames Pakistan for sheltering dreaded terrorists
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Paris [France], March 2 (ANI): As Pakistan remains on the 'grey list' of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a Pashtun rights activist has blamed the country for providing shelter to dreaded terrorists, including the Taliban.
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Pakistan, in dire economic situation, using humans rights forum for its ma
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Geneva [Switzerland], March 2 (ANI): India at the Human Rights Council on Tuesday said that Pakistan, a country in a dire economic situation, is using human rights forum for its malicious propaganda against India.
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'No locus standi': India at Human Rights Council rejects OIC, Pakistan's s
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Geneva [Switzerland], March 2 (ANI): India on Tuesday rejected the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's (OIC) statements on the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, as it has no locus standi to comment on matters related to the region, while regretting that the OIC continues to allow it
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Uyghur activist wins 2021 Nuremberg International Human Rights Award
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Bavaria [Germany], March 2 (ANI): Sayragul Sauytbay, a human rights activist and survivor from China's Xinjiang, has been awarded the 2021 Nuremberg International Human Rights Award, for highlighting the human rights abuses being meted to ethnoreligious minorities in the country's western re
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