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India abstains on UN resolution to probe Iran's 'human rights violations'
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Taking to Twitter, United Nations Human Right Council said, "At its 35th special session, the @UN Human Rights Council decided to create a new fact-finding mission to investigate "alleged #HumanRightsViolations in the Islamic Republic of #Iran related to the protests that began on 16 Septemb
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China continues to wage repression campaign against Tibetan community: US
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 10 (ANI): China continues to wage a campaign of repression against the Tibetan community, according to a top US diplomat, who believes that Beijing plans to install a Dalai Lama of its own choosing.
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'Intrinsic to our foreign policy, India prefers another approach to issue"
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): After India abstained on Thursday from voting on a UN Human Rights Council resolution on holding a debate on the human rights situation in China's Xinjiang, experts called this 'intrinsic' to foreign policy and that New Delhi would prefer another approach
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Rights group condemns Pakistan for backing brutal Chinese regime in Tibet
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], September 30 (ANI): The Global Alliance for Tibet and Persecuted Minorities, a UK-based rights group condemned Pakistan and China-puppet countries for supporting China over human rights violations in Tibet, Hong Kong and Xinjiang.
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Experts discuss terrorism, effects on human rights in South Asia at UNHRC
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 26 (ANI): Experts and human rights activists discussed the proliferation of terrorist organizations in the region of South Asia during the 51th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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At HRC, Baloch group requests UN intervention over rights abuses in Pakist
Updated : 3 years, 5 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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Enforced disappearances continue to be a significant political issue in Ce
Updated : 3 years, 5 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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EU envoy slams Taliban for human rights violations in Afghanistan, says it
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 13 (ANI): Special Envoy of the European Union for Afghanistan, Tomas Niklasson, on Monday raised his concerns over the surge in violations of human rights under the Taliban and said that the organization has failed to uphold any promises made.
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1.5 million Afghans residing in Pakistan: UNHCR
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 26 (ANI): Pakistan remains the largest country of asylum for Afghans, with 1.5 million Afghans residing in Pakistan, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) report.
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World Sindhi Congress raises issue of gross human rights violations of Sin
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 23 (ANI): During the 50th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Asif Panwhar, member of World Sindhi Congress (WSC) called on the Council to look into the gross human rights violations of Sindhi people in Pakistan and urged to take action to protect
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47 countries voice concern over China's treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 16 (ANI): Forty-seven countries voiced concern about abuses in China's far-western Xinjiang region, and demanded that the United Nations rights chief publish a long-delayed report on Uyghurs' repression.
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Rights group call for urgent debate on women's rights crisis in Afghanista
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 1 (ANI): The world's worst women's rights crisis demands an urgent and proportionate response from the UN Human Rights Council, urged a coalition of 25 leading NGOs from all world regions on Wednesday.
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