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Urdu Bulletin: Farmers' protest, rise in COVID-19 cases reported widely
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): Various Urdu newspapers in their Wednesday edition reported the farmers' appeal to United Nations Human Rights Council to interfere in the matter. Most publications also carried the news of surging cases of COVID-19 in the country.
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Pakistan muzzling voices of dissent in PoK, Gilgit Baltistan: Activist inf
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 16 (ANI): A Kashmiri political activist has urged the United Nations to take serious note on human rights violations in Pakistan occupied Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan during his intervention at the ongoing 46th Session of UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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Pak orchestrating proxy war, promoting terrorism in Kashmir, EFSAS chief t
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 15 (ANI): Thousands of Kashmiris have died in a proxy war orchestrated by Pakistan and they continue to suffer due to terrorist groups patronized by Pakistan military establishment, said the chief of the European Foundation for South Asian Studies during a general
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European think-tank urges UN to hold Pakistan accountable for promoting te
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 10 (ANI): An European think-tank has urged the United Nations to hold Pakistan accountable for promoting terrorism and failing to live up to its legal and moral obligations towards its own people and the international community.
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US seeks to regain seat on UN Human Rights Council
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], February 24 (ANI): President Joe Biden aims to secure a seat for the United States on the United Nations Human Rights Council almost three years after the Trump administration left the world body, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on Wednesday.
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UK demands UN address human rights violations in China
Updated : 5 years ago IST
London [UK], February 22 (ANI): UK Foreign Minister Dominic Raab called on the UN Human Rights Council on Monday to address the human rights violations in China stating that the international body does not "consistently" pinpoint areas of the prevalence of the most pressing human rights issu
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Reversing another Trump withdrawal, US moves to rejoin UN Human Rights Cou
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 8 (ANI): Three years after former US President Donald Trump's administration withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council, his successor Joe Biden has moved to rejoin the human rights body, marking it as another reversal by Biden of Trump's policies.
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UK, EU call for UN Human Rights Council's special meeting over Myanmar cou
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 8 (ANI): The United Kingdom and the European Union have issued a joint call for the United Nations Human Rights Council to hold a special session to discuss the recent military coup in Myanmar, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Monday.
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US, UK call for release of 'political prisoners' in Belarus
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States and the United Kingdom urged Belarus to release "political prisoners" and all those detained for participation in the anti-government demonstrations in the East European country, representatives of the US and the UK at the UN Human
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Nepal re-elected to UN Human Rights Council
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathmandu (Nepal) [India], October 14 (ANI): Nepal has been re-elected as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) in the elections held at UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday, Nepal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.
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US slams UN for electing authoritarian regimes like China at UNHRC
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 14 (ANI): The United States Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, on Tuesday, slammed the United Nations for electing "authoritarian regimes" like China, Russia and Cuba into the UN Human Rights Council adding that the US' decision to withdraw from the council has be
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Balochistan's culture, identity in danger: Activist in UN
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland] October 2 (ANI): A Baloch political activist has told the United Nations that the culture, language and identity of Baloch people are in danger due to Pakistan's oppressive policies.
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