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Kashmiri activist lambasts Pakistan at UNHRC for targeting ethnic minoriti
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
A social activist hailing from India’s Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir has lambasted Pakistan for targeting ethnic minorities, especially Shias.
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UN officer highlights political repression, cultural assimilation faced by
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The Office of Tibet- Geneva and Society for Threatened Peoples, on the sidelines of the 53rd United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session, joined forces to organize a side event focusing on China's ongoing repression in Tibet, titled "Tibetans Report on the Current State of Repression
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Baloch rights group highlights enforced disappearances in Balochistan thro
Updated : 3 years, 5 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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Fall of Kabul to Taliban turns Afghanistan into 'safe haven' for terrorist
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 17 (ANI): The fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban has once again turned it into a safe haven for terrorist outfits, said a research analyst of a Netherlands-based think tank.
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India safeguards rights of minorities, essential core of democracy, says I
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 8 (ANI): India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Indramani Pandey, during the 49th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Tuesday said that India is a secular state and safeguarding the rights of minorities forms an essential
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UNHRC session: US co-sponsors UK led resolution on human rights violations
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 25 (ANI): The United States on Wednesday (local time) co-sponsored a resolution led by the United Kingdom on "Promoting reconciliation, accountability, and human rights in Sri Lanka" in the 46th session of UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
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UNHRC session: US co-sponsors resolution led by EU over human rights conce
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 25 (ANI): The United States on Wednesday (local time) co-sponsored a resolution led by the European Union (EU) that highlighted ongoing human rights concerns, including for Rohingya and recalled developments since February 1 in the 46th session of UN Human Rights
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Sri Lanka seeks India's support ahead of UNHRC session
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], February 22 (ANI): Sri Lanka has sought India's support ahead of the March session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva during which Colombo's record in human rights and related accountability will be probed.
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Kashmiris hold anti-Pak protest against oppression, cross-border terrorism
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 10 (ANI): Political activists from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) held a protest against Islamabad for the oppression of indigenous people, exploitation of natural resources and sponsoring cross-border terrorism in the region.
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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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Worsening human rights in PoK, Gilgit Baltistan raised at UN
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 6 (ANI): Political activists from Gilgit Baltistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) have raised the worsening human rights situation in the region during the 43rd session of United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Friday.
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CAA an attempt to give identity to persecuted minority from Pakistan: NGOs
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 6 (ANI): A non-government organisation has said that the minorities facing systematic persecution in Pakistan can be given a new lease of life with the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) recently passed by the Indian Parliament.
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