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Iran: UN experts demand accountability for Mahsa Amini's death
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 22 (ANI): UN experts on Thursday strongly condemned the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in police custody after her arrest for allegedly failing to comply with Iran's strict rules on women's dress by wearing an "improper hijab".
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Myanmar spiralling 'from bad to worse, to horrific', says rights expert
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 22 (ANI): Since the Myanmar military launched its "disastrous" coup last year, conditions have worsened, said UN-appointed independent human rights expert Tom Andrews on Wednesday.
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At HRC, Baloch group requests UN intervention over rights abuses in Pakist
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 22 (ANI): A Baloch rights group has requested UN intervention in the southwestern province of Pakistan to save people suffering from the most severe form of rights violations.
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Activists hold anti-Pakistan protest outside UN office in Geneva
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 21 (ANI): The Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC) organised a massive anti-Pakistan protest in front of the United Nations office in Geneva during the ongoing 51st session of the Human Rights Council.
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Enforced disappearances continue to be a significant political issue in Ce
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 21 (ANI): Enforced disappearances continue to be a significant political issue in Central and South Asia and the recent UN report on China is a great example as it highlights that Beijing has systematically disappeared ethnic minorities in Xinjiang and other h
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Ebola outbreak reported in Uganda, WHO says "in close contact to provide r
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 20 (ANI): World Health Organisation on Tuesday said that it is in close contact with the Ministry of Health Uganda to provide a rapid response after it confirmed the outbreak of case Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the Central Region of the country.
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Baloch rights group highlights enforced disappearances in Balochistan thro
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 20 (ANI): Baloch Voice Association, an NGO based in Paris, organised a three-day poster manifestation to highlight a three-fold increase in enforced disappearances in Balochistan.
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World Patient Safety Day: WHO's Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh calls for addres
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 17 (ANI): World Health Organization Regional Director Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh on Saturday called for addressing unsafe medication practices and medication errors on the occasion of World Patient Safety Day.
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COVID deaths lowest since March 2020, end of pandemic in sight: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 15 (ANI): World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Wednesday said that the number of weekly reported deaths from COVID-19 last week plunged to its lowest since March 2020 and added that the end of the pandemic is now in sight.
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India hits out at Pakistan over remarks at UNHRC, slams 'unwarranted refe
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 14 (ANI): Slamming Pakistan "for once again abusing" the United Nations Human Rights Council platform for peddling its "malicious propaganda", India has urged the Council to ask Islamabad to take credible steps to end its state-sponsored terrorism and dismantl
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Developers to begin creating on PraSaga blockchain, SagaChain
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Zug [Switzerland], September 13 (ANI/PRNewswire): PraSaga, a Swiss Foundation, today announced the release of its application framework as available-source code to its community of developers. This framework demonstrates the power and scope of PraSaga's recently approved patent operating sy
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First patient enrolled in Erectile Dysfunction prospective randomized stud
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 10 (ANI/PRNewswire): An 82-year-old Taiwanese man has become the first patient to be enrolled in the initial Erectile Dysfunction (ED) randomized clinical trial (RCT) involving SELUTION SLR™, MedAlliance's novel sirolimus-eluting balloon.
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