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India calls out Pakistan's misuse of UNHRC to peddle fabricated narrative
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 24 (ANI): India on Tuesday deplored the "repeated misuse" of the UNHRC platform by Pakistan to peddle its fabricated narrative on the Kashmir issue, and urged Pakistan to address the issue of gross human rights violation against ethnic minorities in Sindh, Balochis
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New York: Awareness campaign launched over human rights violation in Baloc
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept 24 (ANI): The World Baloch Organisation (WBO) has launched an awareness campaign in New York City to highlight the alarming human rights violation in Balochistan. This comes as world leaders gather in the city to attend the annual United Nations General Assembly session.
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Indonesia's president postpones vote to criminalise sex outside marriage
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], Sept 24 (ANI): Following the outcry from human rights groups worldwide, Indonesian President Joko Widodo has postponed a vote that could have criminalized consensual extramarital sex and effectively outlawed same-sex relations in the country.
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'Justice for Karachi' campaign to be launched ahead of Imran Khan's addres
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], Sept 24 (ANI): Ahead of Prime Minister Imran Khan's address at the United Nations General Assembly's session, US-based advocacy group, Voice of Karachi (VoK), said it will launch a major campaign to highlight the atrocities and gross human rights violation by Pakistan's state
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Geneva: Pak's Ahmadiyya Muslims allege persecution, demand justice at UN e
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 25 (ANI): The members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community from Pakistan have alleged persecution and demanded justice during a side event organised on the margins the 42nd session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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Taylor Swift cancels Melbourn Cup performance after facing criticism from
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Sept 22 (ANI): America pop-star Taylor Swift has cancelled her performance at the 2019 Melbourne Cup after receiving backlash from animal rights activists.
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Geneva: Pakistani Christians hold protest march against forced conversion,
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva, [Switzerland] Sept 21 (ANI): A large number of Pakistani Christians, including women and children, living in Europe have held a protest march in Geneva to demand equal rights in Pakistan.
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Royal Bengal tiger Rama dies in Delhi zoo, animal rights activist accused
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 21 (ANI): Hours after an eight-and-a-half-year-old Royal Bengal tiger Rama died on Friday at the Delhi Zoo, Sangeeta Dogra, who claimed to be an animal rights activist accused the authorities of the "murder" of the animal.
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Geneva: Activists from Hong Kong, Xinjiang raise concerns over human right
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 21 (ANI): Activists from Hong Kong and Xinjiang shared a platform to raise their voice against human rights violations by China on the sidelines of the 42nd session of UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Friday.
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RSS supports homosexual and transgender rights, frowns on live-in relation
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 20 (ANI): In a major boost to homosexual and transgender rights, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has thrown its weight behind their cause but has fallen short on extending support to same-sex marriage.
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Geneva: Tibetan, Uighur flags unveiled at UNHRC, protestors call for 'just
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 20 (ANI): Experts and human rights activists on Friday unveiled the flags of Tibet and East Turkestan, also known as Uyghuristan, outside the headquarters of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) here and called for the return of the Buddhist spiritual lea
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Pak rights activist who highlighted military's atrocities says she escaped
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Sept 20 (ANI): Gulalai Ismail, the Pakistani rights activist who has been accused of treason by Islamabad, has revealed that she has escaped to the US via Sri Lanka.
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