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Enforced disappearances continue to be a significant political issue in Ce
Updated : 3 years, 8 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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Baloch rights group highlights enforced disappearances in Balochistan thro
Updated : 3 years, 8 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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51st session of UNHRC: Baloch rights group to organize 3-day exhibition on
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Paris [France], September 15 (ANI): Baloch Voice Association, NGO based in Paris, France is organizing a three-day banner and poster exhibition about the enforced disappearances in Balochistan from September 19th to 21st 2022 in front of the Human Rights Commission in Geneva on the occasion
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When will UN recognise Bangladesh genocide?
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], September 15 (ANI): The Bangladesh genocide perpetrated by Pakistan, one of the biggest after World War II, took place when Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declared the independence of a sovereign new Bangladesh in the early hours of March 26, 1971.
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India hits out at Pakistan over remarks at UNHRC, slams 'unwarranted refe
Updated : 3 years, 9 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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India at UNHRC expresses concern over Sri Lanka's lack of progress on solu
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 12 (ANI): India on Monday issued a statement on promoting reconciliation, accountability, and human rights in Sri Lanka and noted with concern the lack of measurable progress by the government on their commitment of political solutions to the Tamil issue.
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China ducks Lanka's debt restructuring requests, makes sneaky UNHRC exit
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 28 (ANI): While Sri Lanka awaits a response from China over Colombo's request for debt restructuring amid the economic turmoil, Beijing has downplayed these critical requests and instead put ahead the agenda of human rights in the island nation. This comes ahead of
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1.5 million Afghans residing in Pakistan: UNHCR
Updated : 3 years, 10 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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UNHRC calls for restraint ahead of Sri Lanka protest
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 9 (ANI): Ahead of what is expected to be a large demonstration in Colombo on Saturday, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urged Sri Lankan authorities to show restraint in the policing of assemblies and ensure every necessary effort to prevent violence.
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'Every day at least one or two Afghan women commit suicide'
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 2 (ANI): 'Every day there are at least one or two women who commit suicide', said a former deputy speaker of the Afghan Parliament on Friday, highlighting the lack of opportunity and ailing mental health that is taking a toll on Afghan women.
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Human Rights Council holds urgent debate on rights of women and girls in A
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 1 (ANI): The Human Rights Council (HRC) on Friday held an urgent debate on the human rights of women and girls in Afghanistan, hearing Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, say that since the Taliban took power, women and girls in Af
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India calls for protection of women's rights in Afghanistan at UNHRC meet
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 1 (ANI): India at the 50th Session of the Human Rights Council meeting on Afghanistan called for the protection of the rights of women and girls, including their right to education.
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