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Former WUC chief calls for action on Uyghur repression at UN Human Rights
Updated : 12 months ago IST
Isa's remarks were delivered alongside the launch of a WUC exhibition aimed at exposing the Chinese government's transnational repression of Uyghurs, which included the forced deportation of Uyghurs from Thailand, forced abortions, the detention of Uyghur intellectuals in camps, and the use
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Baloch photographers exhibit stories of hardship and struggle as they prot
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
A large number of attendees participated in the exhibition on Wednesday, where BNM members educated the audience about the dire situation in Balochistan and how the Pakistani state continues to violate international law with impunity
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UNHRC adopts anti-Israel resolution; Israeli ambassador walks out of sessi
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The UNHRC on Friday adopted a resolution calling for Israel to be held accountable for possible war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip at the end of the 55th Council session.
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Women, children in China facing repression, female activists tell UNHRC
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Female human rights activists from Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong jointly highlighted China’s forceful repression of women calling it the worst human rights violations in the country.
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'Pakistan must vacate PoK': Activists raise slogans outside UNHRC in Genev
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Political activists from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) raised slogans against Islamabad to vacate Kashmir and allow them to live a peaceful life.
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Extremist, radical groups work hand-in-glove with Pak Army in PoK: Activis
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
A political activist from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir has informed the United Nations that extremist and radical groups in the region are often overlooked by security forces, even being facilitated into becoming political parties and register in the local election commission.
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UNHRC welcomes Women's Reservation Bill in India
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has welcomed the passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill in India, which will reserve one-third of seats in the country's Parliament and state assemblies for women.
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1971 Genocide: Bangladesh seeks apology and acknowledgement
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Even the Pakistani state, after 51 years, has not tendered a formal apology to Bangladesh for the crimes committed by its army. It has not put on trial the 195 war criminals identified by Bangladesh in 1972 as the principal perpetrators.6 On the contrary, one can find the Pakistani state ado
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Chinese govt runs schools for Tibetan children to brainwash them into majo
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A press statement Human Rights Council of the United Nations (UN) released on 6 February in Geneva has come out with a shocking revelation that the Chinese government is running a chain of residential schools where about a million Tibetan children are forcibly lodged in order to wipe out the
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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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Pakistan wants Taliban to rule Afghanistan, says brother of former Afghan
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 7 (ANI): Sediqullah Rahi, brother of former President of Afghanistan, Dr Najibullah, has said that Pakistan is backing the Taliban to topple the elected government in Kabul.
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Activist urges India to acquire control of Gilgit-Baltistan, accuses Pak o
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 7 (ANI): In a major embarrassment to Pakistan, Senge H Sering a political activist from Gilgit-Baltistan on Friday (local time) urged India to acquire control of the region to save its people from the "brutal colonial reign of Pakistan".
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